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PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY, 

1858. 


MILWAUKEE, WIS. 

PRESS OF BURDICK & TREYSER, BEN FRANKLIN PRINTING HOUSE. 

1858. 






















HISTORICAL MEMORANDA 


OF THE 

CHURCH AND SOCIETY. 


On the 6th day of May, 1841, a number of Christians, resi- 
dents of Milwaukee, desirous of enjoying the privileges of a 
Congregational Church, assembled to discuss the expediency 
of taking steps for the organization of such a church in this 
city. The result of their deliberations was the calling of a 
council, to meet May 20th, whose advice should he solicited. 
The council met at the time appointed, and consisted of 
Rev. D. A. Sherman, of Troy. 

Rev. 0. F. Curtis, of Waukesha (then Prairieville). 

Rev. J. U. Parsons, of Mount Pleasant. 

To this body was submitted a paper, signed by seven names, 
containing several reasons why a Congregational Church should 
be organized at once in Milwaukee. Among these reasons 
were — the denominational preferences of the signers; the ex- 
pressed desires of a large number of Christians in this place 
and vicinity, some of whom at least could be brought into no 
other than a Congregational Church ; and the importance of 
establishing a church of Christ upon the west side of the river 
which divides the city. The considerations presented appeared 
so far satisfactory to the council, that a resolution was adopted 


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recommending that the views of the signers be carried into 
effect. This resolution was sustained by the voice of the meet- 
ing, and a church was organized, consisting of the following 
persons bringing letters from other churches : 


Robert Love, 

Mrs. Martha Love, 

Sarah A. Love, 

William J. Love, 

John Childs, 

James Lyon, 

Susan Smith, 

Lyman Stodard, 

Also of the following, examined for profession of their faith : 
Sarah Childs, Jane A. Stodard, 

Rebekah Burdick, Sarah C. Stodard, 

Angeline L. Brown, Marietta E. Stodard, 

Asenath Pettibone, Almira W. Stodard. 


Otis Sprague, 

Mrs. Catherine H. Sprague, 
Samuel Brown, 

Mrs. Clarissa Brown, 
Daniel Brown, 

Cordelia Brown, 

Josiah Dewolf, 

Mrs. A. W. Dewolf. 


Thus the church consisted at its formation of twenty-four 
persons, nine males and fifteen females. Others joined it very 
soon, so that at the close of the first year of its history, its 
membership numbered sixty-five, several of whom were admit- 
ted on profession. 

The name adopted by the church upon its organization was, 


THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL BETHEL CHURCH OF MILWAUKEE. 

This name was changed August 21st, 1850, to that which it 
bears at present, viz : 

THE PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF MILWAUKEE. 

On the 29th of June, 1841, Rev. J. J. Miter, of Knoxville, 
111., was selected for pastor, and a unanimous call extended to 


him. The call was so far accepted, that Mr. Miter assumed 
the duties of Stated Supply on the 17th of November. 

On the 6th of February, 1842, the church voted to become 
connected with the Presbyterian and Congregational Convention 
of Wisconsin ; a body formed to promote the general interests 
of Christ’s kingdom, by uniting the strength of the Presbyte- 
rian and Congregational churches. The connection of this 
church with that body was interrupted for a short period, a few 
years after it was first formed ; but resumed again October 
13th, 1853, and is maintained at the present time. 

The first deacons of the church were elected in March, 1842, 
and were four in number, viz : 

Benjamin Moffit, Robert Love, 

Samuel Brown, Daniel Brown. 

It is a characteristic proof that the foundations of this church 
were laid in prayer, that evidences of the special presence and 
work of the Holy Spirit were so palpable, that on the first day 
of January, 1842, it was voted “to hold a protracted meet- 
ing.” Indeed, during the first two years of the existence of 
the church, it was blessed with “a protracted season of revi- 
val.” Inconsequence, “more than one hundred and twenty- 
five persons were added to its communion.” Through the 
whole of this period, the church was without a house of wor- 
ship. Its meetings were held in a room arranged for the pur- 
pose in the second story of a building used as a store, on the 
corner of Spring and West Water streets. 

Meanwhile active measures had been taken for the erection 
of a house of worship, and, early in the winter of 1843, the 
church took possession of a new and commodious edifice, erected 
on a lot at the corner of Spring and Second streets. This 
sanctuary was solemnly dedicated to the service of G-od, ou 


the third of January, 1844. Sermon by the pastor elect. — 
Text, “Holiness becometh thy House, 0 Lord, forever.” Ps. 
xciii:5. 

In the evening of the same day, Rev. J. J. Miter was for- 
mally installed pastor of the church by the Milwaukee District 
Convention. The sermon of the occasion was preached by 
Rev. A. L. Chapin. The charge to the pastor was given by 
Rev. Stephen Peet; the charge to the people by Rev. S. Chaf- 
fee ; and the installing prayer was offered by Rev. 0. P. Clin- 
ton. 

The Society was formally constituted by special charter, and 
organized under its provisions, on the 10th of March, 1845, 
and the following persons were elected to form the first Board 
of Trustees, viz: 

Eliphalet Cramer, James Bonnell, 

Frederick B. Otis, Abram D. Smith, 

Alanson Sweet. 

The house of worship was appraised at its cash value as worth 
$6,000; the lot $1,000. Those who are familiar with the val- 
ue of real estate at the present time, can form, by this statement, 
some judgment of the size of the city in 1845. There were 
at this time comparatively few houses on the west side of the 
river. A marsh in which the irregular tides of the lake rose 
and fell, extended along the whole of the valley in which the 
church was located. Indeed the limits of the city upon the 
east side of the river were circumscribed. The Presbyterian 
Church, already erected on a lot at the corner of Mason and 
Milwaukee streets, was nearly upon the outskirts of the town. 
Yet there were many who looked naturally to the new house 
of worship on the west side of the river, as their proper reli- 


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gious home ; and of many it shall he said when the Lord “wri- 
teth up the people, that this man was born there.” 

This sanctuary being soon found too strait for the growing 
congregation, measures were taken, early in 1850, to erect a 
larger house of worship. It was then thought expedient to 
remove the location of the church to the east side of the river. 
Accordingly a lot was selected at the corner of Milwaukee and 
Oneida streets ; plans were drawn, subscription lists circulated, 
and negotiations entered upon for the disposal of the property 
on the west side. The project was carried so rapidly forward, 
that the basement of the edifice now occupied by the church, 
was ready for use early in the winter. The house was com- 
pleted in the ensuing spring, and was dedicated on Saturday 
evening, May, 24th, 1851 ; Rev. E. N. Kirk, D. D., of Bos- 
ton preaching the sermon. The former house, having passed 
through the hands of several denominations, is now owned and 
occupied by the Spring Street M. E. Church. The society 
adopted at the time of its organization, a constitution, which 
was superseded by another, adopted May 21st, 1851. 

The health of the pastor being undermined so far that it 
became necessary for him to leave his people more than once 
for a restoration of his strength, he was induced to request a 
dismission from his charge in 1853, and his request was sub- 
mitted to a council, who persuaded him to withdraw it. The 
same reason, however, induced him to repeat it once more early 
in 1856. The council then called, yielded to his convictions of 
duty; and he was accordingly dismissed, May 7th, 1856. 

On the next day a call was extended to the present pastor, 
then residing at Racine. This call was accepted and he entered 
upon the duties of the pastorate on the first Sabbath in July. 
He was formally installed on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 5th, 


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1856, by the Milwaukee District Convention, during the ses- 
sions of the Wisconsin General Convention, then being held in 
Milwaukee. The principal exercises were as follows — 

Sermon, Rev. F. W. Fiske. 

Installing Prayer, Rev. A. L. Chapin. 

Charge to the Pastor, Rev. S. G-. Spees. 

Charge to the People, Rev. J. J. Miter. 

The Church is now pecuniarily in a prosperous condition, 
being free from debt; and God has blessed it during both the 
years of the present pastorate by the reviving influences of the 
Holy Spirit. He hath done great things for us, whereof we 
are glad. 


CONFESSION OF FAITH. 


Being a compend op the system of doctrine, Held and in- 
culcated BY THIS CHURCH AS TAUGHT IN THE HOLY SCRIP- 
TURES. 


[This Confession may be read or omitted at the admission of members, 
but should be presented so often that the congregation shall be famil- 
iarly acquainted with it.] 

OP GOD AND HIS ATTRIBUTES. 

I. We believe in One, (1) Eternal, (2) Omnipresent, 
(3) Unchangeable (4) God; that He is a Spirit, (5) Self-ex- 
istent, (6) Infinite in Power, (7) Knowledge, (8) and Good* 
ness; (9) the Creator, (10) Preserver, (11) and Sovereign 
(12) of the Universe. 

(1) John 17: 3. 1 Cor. 8: 6. Deut. 6: 4. (2) Ps. 90: 2. 1 Ti. 1, 

17. (3) Ps. 139: 3-10. Jer. 23: 23, 24. Eph. 1 23. (4) Ps. 102: 25 

-27. Jas. 1: 17. (5) John 4: 24. (6) Ex. 3: 14. John 5: 26. (7) 
Gen. 17: 1. Matt. 19: 26. (8) Ps. 139: 1-13. Acts 1: 24. Heb. 4: 
13. (9) Ps. 145: 7. Including Holiness , Is. 6: 3. Justice , Ps. 33: 4. — 

Mercy Ex. 34: 6. Truth, Ps. 146: 6. (10) Gen. 1: 1. Jn.l. 13. (11) 

Neh. 9: 6. Heb. 1: 3. (12) Ps. 103: 19. 147:8,18. Matt. 10: 29. 

OP THE SCRIPTURES. 

II. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New 
Testaments are given by Inspiration of God; (1) that they re- 
veal to us a perfect system of religious truth, (2) and are the 
only complete and authoritative rule of faith and practice. (3) 

(1) Inspiration of Old Testament, Ps. 119: 105. Mat. 5. 17. Lu. 


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24: 27, 32. 44. 45, Jn. 5: 39. Rom. 3: 2. 2 Tim. 3: 15-17. 2 Pet, 

!: •/ i inspiration of the New Testament, Mat 28: 19 Acts 1: 8. — 

Gal. 1: 8,12. Eph. 3: 5 2 Pet. 3: 16. Rev. 1: 1, 22, 18, 19. (2) 2 

Tim. 3: 15-17. (3) Deut. 4: 2. Is. 8: 20. Acts 17: 11. Gal. 1: 8. 2 

Jn. 10. 

OF THE TRINITY. 

III. We believe that God is revealed in the Scriptures as 
having a threefold existence, that of the Father, (1) of the Son, 
(2) and of the Holy Ghost (3) — one God — in attributes, 
character and office, eternally distinct and equally divine. 

(1) Mat. 11: 27. Jo. 1: 14, 18; 5: 23. (2) The Divinity of Christ. 

He is called God. Jo. 1: 1. 1 Jo. 5. 20. Jo. 20: 28. Rom. 9: 5.— 

Heb. 1: 8. He is eternal. Rev. 22: 13. Heb. 1: 10. Col. 1: 17. He 
is Almighty. Phil. 3: 21. Heb. 1: 3. Rev. 1: 8. Isa. 9: 6. He is 
Omnipresent. Mat. 18: 20; 28: 20. Jo 3: 13. He is Omniscient. Mark 
2: 8. Jo. 2: 24. 25; 21: 17. He is equal with the Father. Phil. 2: 6, 
10. He is the Creator. Jo. 1: 3, 10. 1 Cor. 8: 6. Col. 1: 16. Heb. 1: 

10. He receives Divine Worship. Jo. 5. 23; 20: 28. Acts 7: 59, 60. 1 

Cor. 1; 2. Phil. 2: 9, 11. Rev. 5: 13. (3) The Divinity of the Holy 

Spirit. Acts 5: 3, 4, 32; 28: 25. Heb. 3: 7, 8. The Distinct Person- 
ality of the Holy Spirit. Mat. 28: 19. Jo. 14: 16; 15: 26; 16: 7, 13, 
14. 2 Cor. 13: 14. 

OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT. 

IV. We believe that God has instituted and maintains a 
Moral (1) and Providential (2) Government which extends 
to all actual beings and events; which He administers ac- 
cording to the counsel of His own will, and in the wisest and 
best possible manner. (3) 

(1) Gen. 2: 16. Ex. 20: 1-21. Lev. 18: 2. Deut. 6: 5. Mat. 22: 
37-39. Heb. 12: 9. (2) Ps. 103: 19; 147: 8-18. Isa. 46: 10. Dan. 

4: 35. Acts 4: 28. Eph. 1: 11. (3) This results from his Infinite 

Knowledge, Goodness and Power. Rom. 8; 28. Eph. 3: 10. 

OF MAN’S ATTRIBUTES AND OBLIGATIONS. 

V. We believe that all men are immortal, (1) and as free 


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and moral agents (2) accountable, (3) and that they, and all 
other rational creatures, are bound to obey the just and holy 
law of God. (4) 

(1) Eccl. 12: 7. Mat. 10: 28; 25: 46. 2. Tim. 1: 10. (2) Josh. 24: 

15. 1 Kings 18: 21. Jer. 7: 9, 10. John 5: 40. (3) Ezek. 18: 20. 

Rom. 14: 12. 2 Cor. 5: 10. (4) The law holy. Rom. 7: 12. Man 
bound to obey. Mat. 5: 48. 1 Cor. 10: 31. 2 Cor. 7: 1. l! Pet. 1: 15. 
Good Angels bound to obey. Ps. 91: 11; 103: 20. Mat. 13: 41. Heb. 
Evil Angels bound to obey. 2. Pet. 2: 4. Jude 6. 

OF MAN’S MORAL CONDITION. 

VI. We believe that our first parents were created in the 
image of God, and were originally holy; ( 1 ) that they sinned 
and became alienated from Him, (2) and that in consequence 
of their fall, their descendants are inclined to sin and destitute 
of holiness; (3) and becoming accountable (4) do, by actual 
transgression, expose themselves to the wrath of God. (5) 

(1) There was moral obligation and moral character before the first 
sin, which was that of eating the forbidden fruit; therefore the first 
moral character was holy. Gen. 1: 27. Gen. 3: 6. Eccl. 7: 29. 1 

Tim. 2: 14. (2) Gen. 3: 6-17. Rom. 5: 12, 15, 19 (3) Rom. 5: 12-21; 

compare Ps. 14: 3. Rom. 3: 9-12. (4) Rom. 9: 11 (5) Ez. 2: 4. Eph. 
2: 1-3. 

OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER. 

VII. We believe that God, in mere mercy to the world, 
gave his only-begotten Son to be the Redeemer of apostate 
man; (1) that Jesus Christ having taken upon Himself our 
nature, (2) has given us a perfect example (3) and perfect 
lessons of holiness; (4) that in His humiliation, sufferings and 
death, he has made a sufficient atonement for the sins of the 
whole world; (5) and that having risen from the dead (6) 
and ascended into Heaven, (7) He ever liveth to make inter- 
cession for His people. (8) 

(1) John 3: 16-17. 1 John 4: 9. (2) John 1: 14. Heb. 2: 14-18. 


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1 John 4: 3. (3) Ps. 40: 7,8. Matt. 3; 17. John 17: 4. Acts 3: 14, 

2 Cor. 5: 21. 1 Pet. 2; 21,22 (4) Ps. 40: 9, 10. Is. 61: 1. Matt. 7: 

28,29. Col. 1: 18, 19; 3: 16. (5) Is. 53: 5. Matt 20 : 28. Rom. 3: 

25; 5: 8, 9, 11. 1 [Cor. 5: 7; 15: 3. Gal 3: 13. 1 Pet. 2: 24; 3: 18. 
(6) Rom. 6: 9. 1 Cor. 6: 14. 2 Cor. 4: 14. (7) Eph. 1; 20, 21. Heb. 
9: 24. (8) Rom. 8: 34. Heb. 7: 25; 9: 24. 

OP SALVATION. 

VIII. We believe that the way of salvation is open and 
free to all men; (1) and that all who heartily repent of their 
sins, believe in Christ and follow Him, do receive through the 
Divine Atonement, the gifts of Pardon, (2) Justification, (3) 
Sanctification (4) and Eternal Life; (5) while all who persevere 
in impenitence and sin remain under the righteous condemnation 
of God. (6) 

(1) Isa. 45: 22; 55: 1. Matt, 11: 28. John 3: 15, 16. Rev. 22: 17. 
(2) Isa. 55; 7. Rom. 8: 1. Eph. 1: 7. (3) Rom. 3: 24; 5: 1. 1 Cor. 
6:11. (4) Ps. 51:10. Jer. 31: 33. Rom. 15: 16. 1 Thess, 5: 23. 2 
Thess 2: 13. Heb 13: 21 (5) John 3: 15, 16. Gal. 6: 8. 1 John, 5: 
11. (6) Hos. 13: 9. Matt. 23: 37. John 3: 18; 3: 36. 1 Cor. 16: 22. 

OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE DIVINE PURPOSES. 

IX. We believe that all mankind, if left to themselves, do 
perseveringly reject the offers of salvation; (1) that therefore 
God sends the Holy Spirit, (2) to convince men of sin, (3) to 
lead them to repentance, (4) to renew (5) and to unite them 
toChrist; (6) and that foreseeing the perverseness of the sinful 
heart, He did from the beginning graciously choose unto life, 
and purpose to reclaim unto holiness those who believe, (7) and 
that all thus chosen are born of the Spirit, (8) and are kept 
by the power of God through faith unto salvation. (9) 

(1) Luke 20: 9-16. Rom. 3: 9-12. 1 Cor. 15: 10. Eph. 2: 1-3. 
(2) John 14: 16. (3) John 16: 8. (4) Rom. 8: 14. 1 Pet. 1: 22. (5) 
Tit. 3: 5(6). John 16: 13, 14. (7) Election. God desires all to re* 

pent. Ezek. 33: 11. 2 Pet. 3: 9. He uses means with all to induoe 


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them to repent. Isa. 45: 22. 1 Tim. 2: 6. 1 Jo. 2: 2. Jo. 16: 8.— 

Rom. 1: 20. Mankind are prone to perverseness under the use of means. 

Jo. 5: 40. Acts 7: 51. Rom. 1: 18-25; 3: 12. Nothing good occurs 
without the divine purpose and aid. Jas. 1:17. Jo. 3:27. 1 Cor. 4:7. 

Eph. 2: 5, 8, God purposes to renew, sanctify and save the largest num- 
ber possible, in consistency with man’s free agency, and His own infi- 
nite attributes of knowledge, power and benevolence. Jo. 15:16. Rom. 
8: 28, 29. 1 Thess. 1: 4. 2 Thess. 2: 13. Isa. 5: 4. His purpose 
was previous to the faith of believers, Eph. 1: 4. Rev. 17: 8. It was 
eternal, Eph. 1: 4. (8) 1 Pet. 1: 2. (9) Job 17: 9. Prov. 4: 18. 

John 6: 39-54; 10: 27-29. Rom. 8: 30-39. Phil 1: 6. 2 Tim. 4: 18. 
1 Pet. 1: 3-9. 

OF THE CHURCH. 

X. We believe that it is tbe duty of Christ’s disciples to as- 
sociate themselves for Christian communion and watchfulness; (lj 
for maintaining the public worship of God and the preaching 
and teaching of His word ; (2) for the administration of the 
ordinances of the Gospel; (3) and for mutual helpfulness in the 
Christian nurture of children, (4) and in perpetuating and ex- 
tending the kingdom of God among men; (5) also, that a congre- 
gation of believers, joined in covenant for these purposes, is a 
Christian church, (6) the indispensable requisite for admission 
to which is credible evidence of a change of heart. (7) 

(1) 1 Cor. 1: 2. 2 Cor. 6: 14-18. Col. 1: 1-5. (2) Deut. 26: 17, 18 

Isa. 44: 5. Mat. 10; 32, 33. Rom. 10: 9, 10. Acts 20; 28. Rom. 12: 
6-8. Mat. 10: 9, 10. 1 Cor. 9; 11, 13, 14. Gal. 6: 6. (3) Mat. 28: 
19. Mark 16: 16. Mat. 26: 26-28. Luke 22: 19,20. 1 Cor. 11: 23- 

26. (4) Mark 10: 14-16. (5) Mat. 5: 15, 16. Mark 16: 15. 2 Tim. 
2:12. Heb. 10: 25. (6) Acts 13: 1; 14: 23; 18: 22. Rom. 16: 1, 4. 

1 Cor. 16: 1, 19. (7) 1 Cor. 1: 2. 2 Cor. 6: 14-18. Eph. 1: 1. Col. 

1: 1-5. John 3: 5. Acts 8: 36, 37. 

OF THE SACRAMENTS. 

XI. We believe in the divine appointment of the Christian 
Sabbath as a perpetual institution ; (1) and that Baptism (2) 


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and the Lord’s Supper, (3) are sacraments ordained by Christ 
to be observed by His people in all ages; the former to be ad- 
ministered to believers (4) and to their offspring as children of 
the covenant; (5) the latter to members of the visible church 
in regular standing. (6) 

(1) Sabbath instituted in Paradise, Gen. 2: 1-3. Enjoined in the Dec- 
alogue, Ex. 20: 8-11. Recognized by Christ, Matt. 12: 1-13. Mark 2: 
27. Compare Mitt. 5: 17. Observed by the disciples, Luke 23: 56. 
Enjoined by the Apostles, Heb. 10: 25. (2) 

Baptism , Matt. 28 : 18-20 Mark 16 : 16. John 3 : 5. Mode of 
Baptism. A. The Scripture doctrine of Baptism authorizes the modes 
of sprinkling and pouring, a. The Jewish idea of Baptism was 
— symbol of purification , whereby the person was separated unto 
the Lord’s service. Jo. 3:22-30; 4:1-3; especially 3: 25, which, 
in the connection, indicates that “purifying” had special relation 
to Baptism. Jo. 1: 19-25; especially 25. b. The Jews expect- 
ed that, the Messiah would be a Purifier. Ezek. 36: 25-28. Mai. 
3:2, 3, in connection with Jo 1:19-25. c. The symbolic rite of purifica- 
tion was generally performed by sprinkling: Numb. 8:7 ; 19:13, 17, 18; 
31:22,23 Lev. 14:7, 16, 27, 51 ; 16:14, 15. Isa. 52:15. Ezek. 36:25. 
Ileb. 9:21, 22 ; 10:22; 12:24. 1 Pet. 1:2; or, by pouring, — Isa. 44:3. 

Joel 2:28, 29. Acts 2:17, 18. The washing , so often used in purifica- 
tion, was generally by pouring: Exod. 30:19. 2 Kings 3:11. Lu. 11: 

38. Mk. 7:3. d. Christ and John (Baptist) evidently accepted the 
Jewish ideas of purification and baptism. B. Doubtful whether any other 
mode was practiced, a. Jo. 3:23. “Much water” is literally “ many 
waters”; i. e. springs or streams; needed for drink and other uses by the 
multitudes that came there with their animals, to attend John’s preaching. 
b. Acts 8:38. The Greek word translated “ into” often means “to” or 
“unto.” Mat. 8:18; 17:27; 21:1. Jo. 1:11. Acts 18:6. c. Mat. 3:16. 
Mk 1:10. The word “out of” generally signifies “from,” as, departing 
from a place. Mat. 20:29; 24:1. Mk. 13:27; 16:8. Lu. 4:1; 9:33; 
24:51. Acts 1:4; 12:19; 13:13, 14. The baptized may have stood in 
the water and received the rite by pouring , according to ancient picto- 
rial representations. C. Cases where the mode was evidently by affu- 
sion or sprinkling, a. The three thousand, Acts 2:38, 41. There was 


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a want of time, of place , of clothing , and of water , for any other mode. 

h. Paul’s Baptism, Acts 9:17, 18 ; 22:12-16. It is natural to suppose 
it was done on the spot, after he arose from prayer and was standing. 
c. Baptism of Cornelius, Acts 10:44-48. d. Baptism of the jailer, Acts 
16:32-34, done in the prison , past midnight, and u straightway.” e. The 
Baptism by the Holy Spirit was by affusion. Acts 1:5;2:17, 33. (3) The 

Lord’s Supper. Matt. 26:26. 1 Cor. 11:23. (4) Mark 16:16. Acts 8:37. 

(5) God’s covenant with Abraham and His seed, the foundation of the 
visible Church. Gen. 17:2, 7, 9, 19,21. Circumcision the seal of the cov- 
enant, u appliedto theseed.” Gen. 17: 10,12,23. This covenant is ever- 
lasting. Gen. 17:7. It was not annulled by the law afterward given through 
Moses. Deut. 29:13. 1 Chron. 16:15. Gal. 3:14-17. Christ came to confirm, 
and fulfill it. Luke 1:54, 55, 72, 73. Heb. 8:6-13. It is the basis of the 
Christian Church. Rom. 4:11-18. Eph. 2:19-22. It was the forerunner 
and foretaste of the Gospel, and in a sense identical with it. John 8:56. 
Horn. 4: 11-18. Gal. 3: 7-29. Under the Christian dispensation, Cir- 
cumcision as the seal of the covenant is annulled , and Baptism as the 
seal is introduced. Rom. 4: 11. 1 Cor. 7; 18, 19. Gal. 5: 2, 6. Mat. 
28: 19. Mirk 16: 16. Acts 2: 33; 10: 48; 22: 16. The promise is 
unto the children of believers in the new dispensation as under the old. 
Gen. 17: 7, 19. Isa. 59: 21. Acts 2: 39. The apostles seem to have 
applied the new seal, Baptism, to believers and their children , just as 
the old seal had been applied to the same classes of persons. Acts 16: 
15, 33. 1 Cor. 1: 16. (6) Deut. 26:17. Isa. 44:5. Mat. 10:32, 33; 26: 

27. Mk. 8:38; 16:16. Lu. 12:8, 9; 22:19. Rom. 10:9, 10. 1 Cor. 11: 

26. 2 Tim. 2:12. 1 Jo. 4:15. 

OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT. 

XII. We believe that after death, the souls of believers are 
and remain holy and blessed, (1) and the souls of unbelievers 
sinful and miserable; ( 2 ) that at the end of the world there 
will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust, 
(3) and a general judgment, (4) when the righteous will be re- 
ceived into eternal life, (5) and the wicked will go into endless 
punishment. (6) 

(1) Ps. 116: 15. Prov. 14: 32. 2 Cor. 5: 1, 8. Phil. 1: 21. Rev. 


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14: 13. (2) Prov. 14: 32. Luke 12: 20; 16: 22-24. John 8: 21. 2 

Pet. 2: 12, 13. (3) At the end of the world, John 11: 24. 1 Th. 4: 16. 

Both of the just and the unjust. John 5: 28, 29. Acts 24: 15. (4) 

Acts 17: 31; 24: 25. Rom. 14: 10, 12. 2 Cor. 5: 10. 2 Tim. 4: 1. 

2 Pet. 3: 7. Rev. 20: 12, 13. (5) Mat. 25: 46. John 14: 3; 17: 24. 
1 John 3: 2. 

(6) God has a sovereign right to punish the wicked. Deut. 32: 
35, 39, 40, 41. Ps. 94: 1. Rom. 12 : 19. Heb. 10 : 30. God's 

compassion does not save unbelievers. Ex. 34: 6, 7. Isa. 27: 11. — 
Ezek. 7: 9. Nahum 1: 3. The finally impenitent to be separated from 
the saints and excluded from Heaven. Ps. 119: 155. Mat. 5: 20; 7, 
22, 23; 10: 33; 13: 30-49; 25: 10, 11, 12, 31, 32, 33. 1 Cor. 6: 9, 10. 

Gal. 5: 19-21. Eph. 5: 5. Rev. 21: 27; 22: 15. The wicked to be 

cast into hell, a place of punishment. Ps. 1: 5, 6; 9: 17; 11: 6. Mat. 
3: 7, 10, 11, 22; 8: 11, 12; 13: 30, 41, 42, 47-50; 11: 23, 24; 22: 13. 
Luke 16: 22-24. John 5: 29. 1 Cor. 16: 22. Phil. 3: 18, 19. 2 

Thess. 2: 3, 9-12. Heb 10: 26, 27. 2 Pet. 2: 4, 9, 10, 17; 3: 7. Rev, 
19: 20; 20: 15. Future punishment shown by the unpardonable sin. 
Mat. 12: 31, 32. Mark 3; 28, 29. Luke 12: 10. Heb. 10: 26. 1 

John 5: 16. Future punishment shown by the second death. Ezek. 
18: 31, 32. Rev. 2: 11; 20: 6, 14, 15, 21: 8. Future punishment im- 
plied by death in impenitence. Gen. 19: 24, 25. Lev. 10: 1, 2, 
Num. 16: 32, 33. Prov. 14: 32. Mat. 27: 5. John 8: 21. Acts 5: 
5. 2 Pet. 2: 12,13. The future punishment of the wicked everlasting. 

Isa. 33: 14. Mat. 25: 41, 42, 46. Mark 9: 43, 44; 14: 21. Luke 3: 

17. John 3: 36 Phil. 3 i 18,19. 2 Thess. 1: 7-9. Jude 6, 7, 13, 

Rev. 14: 9-11; 20: 10. 


PROFESSION OF RELIGION : 

Being a summary of the essential points of the preceding, 

IN THE LANGUAGE OF EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN IN THAT OF 

MERE INTELLECTUAL CONVICTION. 

[To this Profession, all persons received into covenant relation with 
this church will be expected, at the time of their admission, openly and 
without reserve to give their assent.] 

I. You do now publicly and solemnly acknowledge the one 
ever-living, holy and infinite God; the Creator, Preserver, and 
Sovereign of the Universe; revealed to us as Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost. 

II. You do cordially receive the Scriptures of the Old and 
New Testaments as the inspired word of God, and take them 
for your instruction and guidance as the only complete and 
infallible rule of faith and practice. 

III. Regarding all mankind as immortal and accountable 
yet apostate beings, you profess to deplore your own depravity 
by nature and early entrance upon the ways of sin, in which 
you acknowledge you continued until brought to repentance. 

IY. You avouch the Lord Jehovah to be your God, your 
Supreme Ruler, and your Heavenly Father. You profess to feel 
under the greatest obligations to love Him supremely, and obey 
Him implicitly; the chief end of human existence being “to glo- 
rify God and enjoy Him forever.” 

Y. You receive the Lord Jesus Christ as the all-sufficient 
Redeemer; and renouncing all ungodliness and worldly lusts, 

you profess a hearty repentance of all your sins, and reliance 

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upon Christ only for salvation. You accept Him algo as 
Teacher, Exemplar, Mediator. Friend; and profess to cherish for 
Him a tender and controlling love. 

YI. You receive the Holy Ghost as your inward Guide, 
trusting that by His gracious agency you have been convinced 
of sin and born again, and that He will finish the work of sanc- 
tification He has begun in your heart. 

VII. You regard the Church universal as the body of Christ, 
organized in visible forms : you accept its sacraments, Baptism 
and the Lord’s Supper; and receive its members as brethren, 
professing to love them and to seek their good, and desiring to 
co-operate with them for the moral purity and salvation of the 
world. 

VIII. You profess to feel a Christian compassion for the 
impenitent, as under the unbroken control of sin and justly ex- 
posed to the wrath of God; and that for their good and God’s 
glory you earnestly seek their salvation. 

IX. You profess to believe in the resurrection of all the 
dead, and in a future judgment, upon the awards of which the 
wicked shall go into endless punishment and the righteous into 
life eternal, which life you hope through the abounding grace 
of God to enjoy. 

Do you thus profess? 

[Baptism will here be administered to those who have not previously 
received it.] 

FOR THOSE BAPTIZED IN CHILDHOOD. 

Do you who in childhood received baptism as the seal of the 
covenant, entered into in your behalf by parental love and 
faith, now recognize that baptism as the seal of your present 
covenant with God, and the sign of the renewing and sancti- 
fying influences of the Holy Spirit ? 


COVENANTS. 


FOR. THOSE RECEIVED ON PROFESSION. 

You do now in the presence of God, angels and men, renounce 
the world, and make a solemn and entire consecration of all 
that you have and are to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 
for time and for eternity. In humble dependence upon His 
Spirit, you covenant, as He shall give you grace, to love and 
serve Him forever. 

You do also engage to cultivate the spirit of penitence and 
faith, diligently to study the Scriptures, to be faithful in secret 
prayer, to maintain or encourage family worship, religiously to 
observe the Sabbath, and to seek the grace of God, that you 
may keep this covenant to the end. 

In the same public and solemn manner you covenant with 
the church of Christ, and especially with this church, that you 
will walk with and watch over its members in love, and submit 
to its discipline, that you will observe its sacraments, attend 
its meetings for worship, and act with it in all proper ways for 
mutual helpfulness and the extension of the Gospel among men. 

FOR THOSE RECEIVED BY LETTER OR CERTIFICATE. 

Do you now renew your solemn vows with God and His peo- 
ple, and transfer your special covenant relations to this church? 
Do you cordially accept our articles of Profession, and promise 


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in humble reliance on Divine grace to discharge all the duties 
vvnich maj belong to you, while connected with us by covenant 
bonds ? 

RESPONSE OF THE CHURCH. 

[Its Members Rising.] 

We then, members of this church, do affectionately receive 
you into our number and fellowship. We promise to walk with 
and watch over you in love, as heirs of a common faith and 
hope; and will endeavor by the various means of God’s appoint- 
ment to promote your present and eternal welfare. 

The Lord bless you and keep you: 

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you 
peace. Amen ! 

FOR INFANT BAPTISM. 

You do now present yourselves before God, to consecrate to 
Him these children in Baptism. 

Baptism is the Seal of a covenant made by God with His 
People ; a covenant whose blessings were to be secured to 
their offspring. 

Baptism is nevertheless but a Symbol ; as water is applied 
to the brow, so must the purifying influence of the Holy Spirit 
be applied to the heart ; or your children can never become 
' members of the Church invisible. 

Mindful of this, and aware of the great influence which you 
may exert upon these children , to mould their future charac- 
ters, and induce them to accept the offers of Salvation, you 
do now engage to make unceasing effort, that their characters 
may become pure and their hearts holy. You will improve the 
earliest and every opportunity, to direct their thoughts to God 
and the Saviour, and to teach them the great doctrines of the 


Gospel. You will exert yourselves both by precept and exam- 
ple, to restrain these your children from sin, and keep them 
from temptation — to make piety attractive, and to win them to 
Christ. 

These and all other duties which conscience and God’s word 
enjoin upon you as Christian Parents , do you now covenant with, 
the all-seeing God, as He shall give you grace to perform. 


PRIMITVE CHURCH POLITY. 


— 

I. NATURE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCHES. 

The word Church, in the New Testament, is in general ap- 
plied to the professed followers of Jesus Christ. It has, how- 
ever, three more specific and slightly varying significations. 

1st. It is applied to all true believers, botl# on earth and 
in heaven; who, in this sense, are now sometimes called the 
Universal Invisible Church. Some of the passages in which 
the word has this meaning, are the following: Mat. 16:18, Eph. 
1:22, 8:10, 5:24, 25, Col. 1:18. 

2d. In other places the word is applied to the whole num- 
ber of professed followers of Christ on earth; who, as such, 
are now sometimes called the Universal Visible Church. 1 Cor. 
12:28, Phil. 3:6. 

3d. But generally it denotes the united and organized body 
of believers in any one locality, now r called a Local Church. 
Acts 13:1; 14:23; 18:22; Rom. 16:1, 5; 1 Cor. 16:1, 19.— 
This word, in the New Testament, is not applied to a national 
or provincial, or diocesan body, embracing several or many 
local bodies of professed believers. No such national, or other- 
wise general organization is any where mentioned ; no officers 
of such a body are named ; no action of such an organization is 
recorded ; no apostle or minister is anywhere designated to 
such a church ; no epistle is thus addressed. But on the con- 
trary, frequent mention is made of the several churches of a 


territory or province, as, “the Churches of Galatia,” 1 Cor. 
16:1, “the Churches of Macedonia,” 2 Cor. 8:1; “the Churches 
of Judea,” Gal. 1:22, and “the seven Churches of Asia,” 
Rev. Chaps 1-3 where each Church is designated as having 
the name of the city in which it was located. Moreover, where 
any apostle addresses all the Christians of a particular country 
or territory, as in the epistles of Peter and John, it is to the 
saints as such, ana not to any national, provincial or diocesan 
organization. 

II. CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE 
PRIMITIVE CHURCHES. 

1. They were organized bodies. It is evident that the 
local primitive churches were not mere assemblages of Chris- 
tians, but organized and permanent bodies of professed believ- 
ers; for, they had regularly appointed and duly ordained offi- 
cers, who had specific duties prescribed by inspired teachers. 
Acts 14:23; 15:4, 6, 23 ; 20:17-28; Phil. 1:1 ; 1 Tim. 3:1- 
8; 5:1, 17, 19; Titus, 1:5; James 5:14; 1 Peter, 5:1-5. — 
The members of these churches were charged with certain 
duties of watchfulness over each other, of discipline in re- 
gard to offenders, and of circumspection relative to the admis- 
sion and fellowship of members; which shows that the churches 
were organized bodies. Mat. 18:15-17; 1 Cor. 5:1-13; 1 
Thess, 5:14 ; 2 Thess. 3:14, 15. 

2. They were independent bodies. While these church- 
es had for each other a cordial Christian fellowship, and conse- 
quently were often unitedly engaged in fraternal, voluntary ac- 
tion for perpetuating and extending Christ’s kingdom on the 
earth ; yet, ihey were independent bodies. Each church had 
and exercised the power to attend to its own affairs, without 
being subject to a higher authoritative body or court of appeal. 
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faith and hope ; but were not combined, in scripture times, in 
any confederation having a central governing power. There is 
no evidence of such confederation in the Scriptures, and the 
earliest subsequent historic records confirm the inference that 
none existed. Mosheim says : “All the Churches of those 
primitive times, until near the end of the second century, were 
independent bodies, none of them subject to the jurisdiction of 
the other. Each Church was a little republic, governed by its 
own laws.” Further, each church chose its own officers. Acts 
1:15, 23; 6:2-6. Each Church disciplined its own offend- 
ing member;*, without appeal to another governing body. — 
1 Cor. 5:4, 5, 9, 11; 2d Cor. 2:6. 

3. The Powers of Government were vested in the 
People. Mat. 18:17. 18; Acts 1:15, 23; 6:2-6; 15:22, 23; 
Rom. 16:17; 1 Cor. 5:4, 5, 9, 11; 2 Cor. 2:6; 8:19; 2 Thess. 
3:6. 

4. The Duty and privilege of Communion and Consul- 
tation with other Churches. Acts 15th chap. 

III. OFFICERS OF PRIMITIVE CHURCHES. 

A. Orders and Names. — 1. Those who had a general re- 
lation to the universal visible Church. (1) Apostles. (2) 
Evangelists; ministers, but not having in charge a particu- 
lar church. See Acts 21:8; Eph. 4:11; 2 Tim. 4:5. (3) 

There were also those called Prophets , but this class seems to 
have been merged in part or wholly with Apostles and Evange- 
lists. Acts 13:1; 15:32; 21:10; Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:28 ; 
14:1. Eph. 4:11. 

2. Officers of Local Churches. (1) Pastors , placed 
over a particular church as spiritual teachers, advisers and 
guides. Eph. 4:11. These were more often called Elders or 
Presbyters. Acts. 14:23; 15:4, 6; 20:17; 1 Tim. 5:17; Ti- 


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tus 1:5; 1 Pet. 5:1. Also ealled Bishops or Overseers. Acts 
20:28; Phil. 1:1. Also, Angels. Rev. 1:20; 2:1, 8, 12, &c. 
These officers were of equal grade, their duties were the same, 
and their names are often used interchangeably. Acts 20: 17, 
28: 1 Tim. 4: 14; Titus 1: 5, 7 ; 1 Pet. 5: 1-3. (2) Dea- 
cons, Acts 6: 1-6; Phil. 1: 1; 1 Tim. 3: 10-12. 

B. Duration of Each Order. 1. Temporary. (1) 
The Apostles were inspired and had a special mission for 
the establishment of Christianity. Their work as witnesses of 
Christ’s resurrection, as infallible teachers, as performers of 
miracles, having been completed, they have no successors. (2) 
The Prophets were also temporary, beeause no true prophets 
have appeared since the Apostolic age, and their distinctive 
work, we conclude, was completed with that of the Apostles. 

2. Permanent . — (1) Pastors. The need of them still 
•exists. They were appointed after the days of the Apostles, 
•evidently with Apostolic sanction. 

(2) Evangelists. These have their sueeessors in missionaries 
and similar laborers. 

(3) Deacons. The duties of their office remain, and the 
officers therefore continue to act 


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ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPLES. 


ADOPTED BY THIS CHURCH. 


' i;; ‘SLltil: i r,:> . •; 3 i j\ . j n 

1. The Nature of a Church. A church of Christ is a 
voluntary association of professing Christians, organized for 
Christian worship and observances, and for mutual assistance 
in the religious life. In all matters of doctrine, order and dis- 
cipline, it is amenable to no other organization, except by its 
own consent. 

2. Relation to other Churches. — The Church invisible 
consists of all true believers in Christ. Individual churches 
have therefore fraternal relations to each other, and should ex- 
change those offices of fellowship which will render them mu- 
tual helpers, and give strength and efficiency to the common 
“body of Christ.” Hence the expediency of “Councils” for 
advice in matters involving unusual difficulty and responsibility, 
or affecting the, interests of the church at large. Hence also 
the authority for those permanent associations in which Con- 
gregational Churches are often united. 

3. Doctrinal Basis. — The Hoiy Scriptures furnish the 
only infallible text-book for the church ; yet for the sake of de- 
finiteness of view, and for preserving the unity and purity of 
the Faith, every church should have a written creed, embrace 


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ing all the principal doctrines which it believes trie Scriptures 
to teach. 

4. Admission of Members. — This can never he effected 
except by a vote of the church ; satisfactory evidence of con- 
version being given by the candidate. It should be attended 
also by a public declaration of belief in the essential doctrines 
of Christianity, by Baptism, in the case of those who have not 
previously received this sacrament, and by solemn covenant 
with the members of the church. 

5. Rights and Duties of Members. — Members are enti- 
tled to all the privileges of the church, unless declared by vote 
of the church to have forfeited them. They are also individ- 
ually responsible for the vigor and the influence of the church ; 
each has his place and his duty ; every wheel must be a living 
wheel. 

6. Dissolution of Membership. — This can be accomplished 
only 1st, by death; 2d, by dismission to a sister church, or 3d, 
by exclusion. 

7. Dismission of Members. — When for good and suffi- 
cient reasons, a member of one church wishes to transfer his 
relation to another church, a letter of dismission and recom- 
mendation may be granted him by vote. The recommendation 
of this letter is always to be considered as presumptive evi- 
dence of piety at the time when the letter is granted. The 
dismission contemplated by it, takes place only when the indi- 
cvidual receiving the letter becomes a member of anoth- 
church. No church can dismiss its members “to the world;” 
and no letter of dismission releases a member from, or in any 
manner changes his relations to the church granting it, until his 
new church connections are formed. 

8. Discipline of Members. — (1) Purposes of Disci- 
pline, The principal purpose is the reclaiming of such as fall 


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into sin. Besides this may be mentioned — the prevention of 
sin in others — the preservation of the purity of the church — 
the maintenance of the standards of the church and the honor 
of religion in the view of the world — and the prevention of the 
Divine displeasure. — (Mitchell’ s Guide .) 

(2) Occasions of Discipline. The offences which should 
be noticed by discipline, may be divided into two classes — pub- 
lic and private. Public offences are those in which no indi- 
vidual is personally and specially aggrieved, though the body 
of Christ is wounded. They may be committed publicly or 
privately. Examples of these are, scandalous vices, heinous 
transgressions deliberately committed, heresy, dissension, 
neglect of the ordinances of the church ; and, in general, the 
violation of covenant vows. Private offences are of a personal 
nature, committed against individuals. 

(3) Course of Discipline. — (a) In all private offences the 
course prescribed by Christ (Matt. 18:15-17,) should be strict- 
ly followed, and in the order of the steps indicated. When a 
member deems himself injured by another, his first duty is to 
seek a private interview with the offender. Such an interview, 
sought and conducted with a Christian spirit, would generally 
remove all causes of difficulty. If he cannot obtain the inter- 
view, or if the result is unsatisfactory, he should “take one or 
twojmore” with him, still keeping the difficulty as private as pos- 
sible. To “tell it to the church,” is always a last resort and a 
final duty. No one may justify himself for neglect by saying that 
the offender ought to come to him. The command is given for just 
those cases where the offender remains such. Obedience is a 
matter of benevolent duty to him, and not of selfish gratifica- 
tion to the offended. No one is released from obedience be- 
cause he has the opinion that going to his offended brother will 
do no good. We have no right to set aside God’s positive 


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commands, by any judgment of our own. The church should 
never allow a complaint against a member to be made to them 
by the offended party, unless satisfied that the first two steps 
have been faithfully and prayerfully taken. If the offended 
party does not obey Christ in this direction, he becomes him- 
self an offender, justly subject to private reproof, and if that be 
insufficient, to further discipline. Any brother knowing his 
neglect should endeavor to persuade him to obedience. 

(b) Public offences should be treated in the same manner, as 
far as practicable. The leading object of discipline being the re- 
formation of the offender, the more private the method by 
which this can be accomplished, the better. In some cases of 
open and scandalous offence, however, the preliminary steps of 
private interviews may be dispensed with. Public offences 
are of two kinds. First , gross and heinous transgressions, 
deliberately committed. A Scripture instance, and the 
course of discipline in such a case, are recorded in 1 
Cor. 5: 1-5. Here, no private steps are required, and no 
measures of recovery previous to excommunication. The second 
kind of public offences, as, error in doctrine, causing division 
and strife, falling under sudden temptation, do not always in- 
dicate an established sinful character. Judicious, kind and 
faithful instruction and exhortation may suffice to restore 
such an one; and these should be employed in private, and, 
if needful, by the church. If all proper means fail of res- 
toration, the offender should be cut off. Scripture authority 
for this course is recorded in Titus 3: 10. 

Offences may be brought before the church either by 
personal complaint or on the authority of “ common 
fame.” When a personal complaint is made, it should 
proceed from a member of the church in good and reg- 
ular standing, and be drawn up in a written form, each 


charge being specified distinctly by itself, and with the name 
of at least one witness, by whom it is proposed to support the 
charges attached to eachv This complaint should be handed 
to the Pastor or to some proper officer of the church, to be dis- 
posed of according to the regulations of the church. In cases 
where there is no “proper officer” to bring the complaint be- 
fore the church, it may be communicated directly to the church 
itself. In offences taken up on the authority of ‘ common 
fame’* no accuser appears. 

(4) Actual Process. When a case of discipline has been 
brought fairly before the church, a citation should be issued 
calling upon the reputed offender to appear before the church 
and answer for the charges brought against him. This cita- 
tion should embrace a complete list of the charges in detail, 
with the names of witnesses affixed to each. Not less than 
seven days should be given the accused to prepare for 
trial. Should he refuse to answer the first citation by 
his presence, a second, similar in all respects, should be 
issued. If he refuse to respond to this, the trial may proceed 
as if he were present. The arrangements of the whole matter 
may be entrusted to a committee appointed for the purpose, the 
trial being conducted as before, and its result decided by the 
church. During the process of discipline, it is well for the 
accused to refrain from the special privileges of the 
church. If the accused is found guilty, an endeavor should be 
made, if practicable, to convince him of his sin, and bring him 
to penitence. {Should this fail, then censure should be pro- 
nounced. 

(5) Censures. These are of four kinds; (a) admonition, 
public or private, according to the nature or guilt of the offence; 
(b) suspension from the peculiar privileges of the church ; (c) 
excommunication; or (d) withdrawal of fellowship. Suspension 


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is allowable only when there is strong hope of the recovery of 
the offender, and should be followed by special efforts for his 
restitution. If those efforts fail, the further step of excommu- 
nication must be taken. No process of discipline is complete 
until the offender is either restored to full fellowship, or cut off 
from it entirely. In case of excommunication, notice of it 
should be publicly given in the pulpit or otherwise ; but even 
after this step, a member may be restored to fellowship, by giv- 
ing satisfactory evidence of repentance. A church may with- 
draw its fellowship from its members in certain cases, without 
actual process against them ; and such a withdrawal is not al- 
ways to be considered as impeaching the Christian character of 
those from whom the withdrawal is made. Such cases are those 
of individuals long absent from a church without giving reason 
or taking letters of dismission, and sometimes of those who vol- 
untarily relinquish their hold upon the church. In these instan- 
ces, a church does not pronounce upon the Christian character of 
the individual. It “ simply disowns, or ceases to know him as a 
member.” He having virtually “cut himself off from that 
church’s communion, the ehurch may justly esteem and declare 
itself discharged of any further inspection over him.” — ( Say- 
brook Platform.) 

9. Relations of Church and Society. Connected with 
most churches is a Religious Society, formed for the purpose of 
more perfectly carrying out the design of the church in promo- 
ting the cause of Christ. This society consists of church mem- 
bers and others who aid in supporting the Grospel. As an or- 
ganization it is distinct from the church, yet has intimate rela- 
tions to it. To it belongs the edifice in which the church wor- 
ships. By it, the current expenses for the maintenance of 
worship are assumed. No vote of the church is binding upon 
the society ; yet the will of the church is always to be respect- 


ed, and its expressed purposes are to be, if practicable, car- 
ried out. 


ORGANIZATION OF THIS CHURCH. 


1. Officers. — The permanent officers of this church shall 
be a Pastor or Pastors, and Deacons. The number of Dea- 
cons shall be three or more, not exceeding five serving at any 
one period in the duties of their office. There shall also be a 
Clerk, and a Treasurer. 

2. Duties of Officers. (1) Of the Pastor. -To 

“ feed the flock,” to administer the Sacraments, to conduct 
public religious services, to act as moderator in the business 
meetings of the church, to take the general spiritual oversight 
of the church and congregation, and to labor by all proper 
means, public and private, to build up the church in the faith 
and order of the Gospel. 

(2) Of the Deacons. — To make preparation for and to 
assist in the administration of the Sacraments, to receive and 
distribute the charities of the church, to take up all public col- 
lections, to conduct social religious meetings in the absence or 
at the request of the Pastor, to preside at the business meet- 
ings of the church when provis’on is not otherwise made, and 
to provide a supply for the pulpit in the absence of the Pastor. 

(3) Of the Clerk. — (a) To preserve a record of all the 
proceedings of the church, either by themselves, their commis- 
sions or councils; (b) to keep the Confession of Faith, Form 
of Admission, Covenants, Ecclesiastical Principles and Rules, 


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and all the Formularies of the church ; (c) to keep accurate 
historical and alphabetical lists of the members of the church; 
the first of these lists embracing name, date and form of ad- 
mission, date of dismission, exclusion or death ; noting also all 
changes of name , and other important memoranda ; (d) to 
preserve a complete list of the baptized children of the church, 
together with the the names of the parents, date of baptism, 
and name of the officiating minister; (e) to conduct the corres- 
pondence of the church, except such as may be referred to a spe- 
cial committee; and (f) to issue and certify letters of dismission 
and similar certificates under direction of the church. It shall 
be his duty also, to present a full written report at each annual 
meeting of the church, of its actual condition as deduced from 
the materials in his possession. This report shall be copied 
into the book of records after the annual meeting at which it is 
presented, as a summary of the progress of the year. All 
books and papers referred to above, in possession of the Clerk, 
shall always be open to the inspection of members of the church 
who desire to examine them. 

(4) Of the Treasurer . — To receive all funds collected for 
benevolent purposes and transmit them to the proper parties. 
The funds collected on Sacramental Sabbaths, and at other 
times, for church expenses not falling upon the Society, shall also 
pass through his hands. He shall keep an accurate record of 
the same, with the dates of their recention and disbursement, 
and the purpose to which they were applied. He shall also obtain, 
as far as possible, a record of the benevolent operations of the Sab- 
bath Schools, and of other organizations connected with the 
church ; and report the whole at the annual meetings of the 
church, embracing in each report the record of the previous 
year. Each report shall be copied — at least in a summary 
form into the Treasurer’s book, immediately after the meeting 

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at which it was presented. His accounts shall be subject to the 
examination of an auditing committee. 

3. Term of Office. — The office of Pastor and Deacons 
shall be held until vacated by death, or by vote of the church. 
The Clerk and the Treasurer shall be elected each year. 

4. How Chosen. — By ballot, without nomination, and by a 
vote of the majority of the members present at the time of their 
election. 

5. When Chosen. — At the annual meetings of the church. 

6. Vacancies. — Vacancies in any of the offices, occurring 
between the annual meetings, may be filled at any regular 
business meeting of the church ; notice of the intention to fill 
such vacancies having been given from the pulpit at least one 
Sabbath previous to the meeting. 


STANDING RULES. 


I. DOCTRINAL STANDARD. 

The Confession of Faith printed in this Manual shall 
be considered as the doctrinal standard of the church, 
and a full assent to all its articles shall be required of 
the permanent officers of the church, viz : — Pastor and 
Deacons, before they are inducted into their respective of- 
fices. No formal assent to this confession shall be required of 
members on their admission, since its “ essential doctrines,” 
i. e. those doctrines the reception of which is essential to a genu- 
ine Christian experience and character, are embodied in the 
Profession and the Covenants. 


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II. MEMBERSHIP. 

(1) By Profession . — Persons desiring to become mem- 
bers of the church on Profession of their Faith, may make 
known their wish to the Pastor or to one of the Dea- 
cons. They shall ordinarily be expected to appear before the 
church at some convenient time, and present a statement of 
their religious exercises, either orally, in writing, or through 
the Pastor or some other proper person. After such statement is 
made and such questions as the church may put through the Mode- 
rator are answered, the candidates shall, if desired, withdraw, that 
the church may freely act respecting them. If accepted, a notice 
of their expected admission to the church shall, if possible, be 
given from the pulpit at least one week previous to their public 
reception. No valid objection being offered to their reception, 
they shall at the proper time be openly acknowledged as mem- 
bers of the church ; they giving their public assent to our Pro- 
fession of Religion, and entering into Covenant with Giod and 
the church. At the same time the Sacrament of Baptism shall 
be administered to those who have not previously received it, 
the full names of such persons having been previously furnished 
to the presiding minister, in writing. 

(2 ) By Letter or Certificate . — Those who bring letters or 
certificates from other churches, should present them at least one 
week previous to the day of their proposed admission, to the 
Pastor or to one of the Deacons, to be brought before the 
church for their action. Being accepted by vote of the church, 
such persons shall enter into covenant with it in the usual form. 

(3) Dismission . — Letters of dismission should be applied 
for through the Pastor or the Clerk. (See Ecclesiastical Prin- 
ciples, p. 27. ) Such letters shall be granted for connection with 
any Evangelical church, the name of the church being specified, 
if practicable. It shall be the duty of every member removing 


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from the city, or worshipping regularly with any other congre- 
gation, to apply for a letter of dismission within one year from 
the date of leaving our congregation, unless some adequate 
reason shall be given for the omission. No letter of dismission 
shall be valid if not used within one year from its date. 

(4) Absent Members . — The names of members absent from 
our congregation one year, without letters of dismission, shall 
be entered upon an Absentee list. This list shall be read by 
the Pastor or Clerk at the church meeting held in connection 
with each lecture preparatory to the Lord’s Supper, for the 
purpose of ascertaining the residence of the absentees, and 
such other information as may affect their church relations. — 
Information thus obtained shall be used to endeavor, by cor- 
respondence or otherwise, to induce the absentees to connect 
themselves, if possible, with some other Evangelical church. — 
In all cases, however, in which letters are granted to members 
whose names are on this list, the fact of their absence shall be 
stated in the letters granted. When any name shall have re- 
mained on this list one year, the person designated still contin- 
uing a member of this church, it shall be entered upon another 
list, and unless satisfactory explanations be made, fellowship may 
be withdrawn from them by vote of the church ; and in that 
case they shall be no longer counted as members. (See Eccle- 
siastical Principles, p. 31.) Fellowship may, however, be re- 
stored to those from whom it has thus been withdrawn, at any 
time, by vote of the church, on the presentation of satisfactory 
reasons. 

(5) Members of other Churches . — Members of other Evan- 
gelical churches worshipping regularly with us, are freely wel- 
comed to all our privileges of worship and of the Sacraments ; 
but they are expected, unless offering special reason to the con- 
trary, to connect themselves with this church within one year 
after becoming members of our congregation. 


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(6) Certificates of Church Membership . — A certificate in 
distinction from a letter , is a paper certifying that the bearer 
is a member of a particular church, in good and regular stand- 
ing. A letter is not only such a certificate, but a recommenda- 
tion given for the purposes of dismission. When a member of 
this church leaves the city to be absent for a period less than a 
year, but reaching over some months, expecting meantime to 
reside during that period in one town, he should take a certifi- 
cate of membership — which the Pastor or Clerk is hereby au- 
thorized to give — and present it to the church with which he 
expects to commune ; and persons coming to us in a similar 
manner should present similar certificates. By a strict observ- 
ance of this rule, church members would always be under the 
“watch and care” of their brethren, and in closest fellowship 
with the church. 

III. MEETINGS. 

1. Business. 

(1) Annual . — The annual business meeting of the church 
shall be held on the third Monday of December. 

At this meeting, officers shall be chosen; and all other neces- 
sary business which can conveniently be presented shall be 
brought forward. 

(2) Special . — A special business meeting shall be held at 
the close of each Preparatory Lecture. A meeting may be 
called at any time by the Pastor ; or by the Clerk, at the written 
request of five male members of lawful age. In the last case, 
notice shall be read from the pulpit on the Sabbath previous to 
the meeting. 

(3) How Organized and Conducted : — 

(a) All meetings, except those held at the close of religious 
services, shall be opened with prayer ; all meetings shall be 
closed with prayer or the benediction. 


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(b) In the absence of the Clerk the records shall be kept 
by the Pastor, provided he be moderator ; except when, by his 
desire, a Clerk pro tempore is chosen. 

(c) All male members of eighteen years of age are legal 
voters ; but in all matters of general interest, an informal vote 
may first be taken from ail the members present. 

(d) In other respects, the meetings shall be conducted accord- 
ing to the rules of the Business Manual adopted for both the 
church and society. 

2. Devotional. — ( 1 ) Stated . — Stated meetings for worship 
are held every Sabbath morning at 10J o’clock, and at a con- 
venient hour every Sabbath evening. A Lecture or Conference 
is held on each Wednesday evening. The Monthly Concert of 
prayer for the conversion of the world is held on the first 
Monday evening of each month, and the Preparatory Lecture 
on the afternoon or evening of the Friday preceding the Com- 
munion. A Prayer Meeting, conducted by the younger male 
members of the Church, is held every Sabbath morning at 9^ 
o’clock. A Prayer Meeting for ladies is held every Friday 
P. M. at 3 o’clock. 

(2) Occasional. — Other devotional meetings are frequently 
held at the call of the Pastor, or at the appointment of the 
chureh. Notice of such meetings is generally given from the 
pulpit on the Sabbath. 

IV. THE SACKAMENTS. 

1. The Lord’s SuppER.--This Sacrament is administered 
on the first Sabbaths of January, March, May, July, Septem- 
ber and November, in connection with the morning service. 

2. Baptism. — Baptism is adminstered to adults on their re- 
ception into the church ; and to infants at any convenient time 
designated by the Pastor. The regular day for the baptism 


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of infants is the Sabbath next following the administration of 
the Lord’s Supper. Either parent — the other not being a pro- 
fessed Christian, or having some other sufficient reason for not 
entering into the baptismal covenant — may present a child for 
baptism. The Pastor should always be furnished, previous to, 
or at the time of the baptism, with the full name of the child, 
and those of the parent or parents entering into the covenant, 
that the same may be entered upon the church records. These 
names should be furnished in writing. 

V. BENEVOLENCE. 

1. A collection is always taken up at the time of the Lord’s 
Supper. This is appropriated to the poor of the church ; or 
used for meeting church expenses not otherwise provided for. 

2. A collection is taken up at the Monthly Concert of prayer 
for the conversion of the world. This is equally divided, unless 
otherwise ordered, between Home and Foreign Missions. 

3. A collection is taken up on the last Sabbaths of Janua- 
ry, March, May, July, September and November, for specified 
objects, in the following order : 

January — American Bible Society. 

March — American Home Missionary Society. 

May — Tract Distribution. 

July — Sabbath Schools. 

September — Congregational Union. 

November — American Board of C. F. Missions. 

4. An annual collection is taken up for the support of the 
Sabbath Schools connected with this church. 

5. Other collections may be taken up at any of the regular 
devotional meetings of the church. 


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VI. SABBATH SCHOOLS. 

A Sabbath School is held in the Church on Sunday after- 
noon at about 2 o’clock. Connected with this School are Bi- 
ble Classes, both of young men and young ladies. A Mission 
Sabbath School is also held at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon 
of each Sunday, at the Welsh Chapel on Jefferson Street. — 
Other Mission Schools will be opened as opportunity shall be 
given. Special attention is called to these Christian enterpri- 
ses, as affording a noble field for religious effort and usefulness. 
VII. ALTERATIONS OF MANUAL. 

Any alterations of this Manual, by addition, erasure or 
amendment, can be proposed at any meeting of the church ; but 
no such alteration shall be discussed except when presented in 
writing, or adopted, except after one week’s notice ; the pro- 
posed alteration being publicly read from the pulpit or other- 


wise. 


MANUAL FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS, 


EITHER OF CHURCH OR SOCIETY. 


ORGANIZATION. 

1. Presiding Officer. — The presiding officer of church meet- 
ings is called Moderator ; of society meetings, Chairman or 
President. When the duty of presiding is confided by regula- 
tion to a particular individual, ho should take the Chair with- 
out formality. Otherwise, or should he not be present, any 
member may nominate a presiding officer for the occasion, and 
put the nomination to vote. 

2. Clerk or Secretary. — When no individual is designa. 
ted by rule to this office, or in the absence of such officer, the 
meeting may appoint one of their number to discharge the du- 
ties of the office. In the latter case, the person so appointed is 
called Clerk or Secretary pro tempore. 

INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS. 

1. By Previous Announcement. — When business has been 
announced in the call of the meeting, it should be brought up 
by the presiding officer, or by some one authorized to intro- 
duce it. 

2. By Committee. — A business committee may be chosen to 
prepare and present items for the consideration of the meeting, 
reporting the same at any stage of the meeting. 


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3. By Motion or Resolution. — Any member may bring a 
proposition before the meeting by direct motion or resolution. 
If the latter form is used, the proposition should always be re- 
duced to writing. 

RECEPTION OF BUSINESS. 

No proposition can be entertained by the meeting until it has 
been formally received. A direct motion or resolution is ac- 
cepted when seconded. A report of committee is accepted on- 
ly by vote. The acceptance of a proposition merely puts it in 
the hands of the meeting for disposal, When reported by a 
committee, its acceptance takes it entirely from their hands, and 
discharges the committee, so far as the proposition is concerned. 

DISPOSAL OF BUSINESS. 

1. By Direct Action. — A proposition may pass at once to 
vote without debate or alteration, but opportunity should always 
be given for free and full discussion. 

2. By Reference. — A proposition may by vote be referred 
to a special committee, or in case it was introduced by a com- 
mittee, may be referred to them for subsequent report, with or 
without instructions from the meeting. 

3. Laying on the Table. — A proposition may be laid on the 
table, either when received, or at any stage of debate upon it. 
Such a disposal of it, simply drops it from present considera- 
tion. It may be taken up again by motion at the convenience 
of the meeting. If not thus taken up, it remains as if indefi- 
nitely postponed. 

4. Indefinite Postponement. — This is equivalent to sup- 
pressing a proposition entirely. 

5. Amendments. — These may be made by striking out 
words or clauses, by inserting words, or by striking out some 
words and inserting others. A motion to amend a resolution 


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may go so far as to strike out all after the word Resolved, and 
to substitute an entirely different proposition. An amendment 
may be made to an amendment, but no amendment to that 
amendment. 

6. Division of a Question. — When a proposition consists of 
distinct parts, which for convenience should be separately con- 
sidered, it may be divided at the will of the meeting. The 
parts thus divided must then be acted upon in their separate 
form, and any one of them may be accepted or rejected without 
reference to the others. 

7. Previous Question. — The effect of this is to suppress 
debate. When any member moves the previous question, all 
discussion upon the proposition before the meeting must cease, 
until this motion is disposed of. If the motion is carried, the 
proposition must be submitted immediately for decision. If 
the motion is lost, the proposition remains open to debate as 
before. 

8. Privileged Motions. — No new item of business can be 
entertained while any proposition is before the meeting. There 
are, however, certain motions pertaining to the discussion of the 
proposition which may be entertained, such as motions to post- 
pone, to refer to a committee, to lay on the table; and they 
may all be debated, except that of the previous question and 
the motion to adjourn. 

RULES OF DEBATE. 

1. Any member except the presiding officer may discuss a 
proposition under debate. Courtesy requires, however, that no 
one should speak too often, or too long. 

2. But one member can “ have the floor” at once. If two 
rise together, the member most distant from the presiding offi- 
cer should have the preference. 

3. In speaking, every member should confine himself to the 


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question; he should address himself to the Chair only, and 
should avoid all personal reflections. 

4. All propositions should, if so required, be put in writing. 

5. A member may preface a motion by explanatory re- 
marks, but with this exception, unless a motion is before the 
meeting, all remarks are out of order. 

VOTING. 

1. When a proposition is brought to vote, its amendments 
must be first put, in the reverse of the order in which they were 
made. The proposition as amended is voted upon last of all. 

2. When blanks are to be filled, if several sums are pro- 
posed, the largest is first voted upon ; if several numbers, tho 
largest ; if several times, the longest. 

3. When a vote is taken, the presiding officer should dis- 
tinctly state the question, and call for the affirmative vote 
first. After tho negative vote is taken he should declare the 
result. 

4. All debate ceases when the voting begins. It may, 
however, be renewed after the affirmative vote is taken, before 
the negative is called for. 

5. If the decision announced by the presiding officer is 
thought incorrect, any member may call for a renewal of the 
vote, or for a division of the house. 

RECONSIDERATION. 

A proposition once adopted may be reconsidered at any sub- 
sequent time ; but the motion to reconsider should always be 
made by one who voted for the proposition, and never except 
in a meeting as large as that in which the proposition is adopt- 
ed. A refusal to reconsider, removes the proposition beyond 
the reach of the Assembly. An agreement to reconsider, places 


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the proposition before the meeting in precisely the form it held 
when adopted. 

QUESTIONS OF ORDER. 

These are decided by the presiding officer, subject however 
to appeal to the meeting. All the decisions of the presiding 
officer are, in fact, subject to revision by the assembly. 

ADJOURNMENT. 

1. A motion to adjourn is at all times in order, and must be 
put without debate, unless made with specifications of purpose 
or time. 

2. An adjournment sine die , is equivalent to a dissolution 
of the assembly. 

3. In case of an adjournment to a specified day and hour, 
the same officers take their places without re-election* 


Note. — The foregoing Confession of Faith, Profession of Religion, and 
Covenants ; together with the articles entitled Primitive Church Polity, 
Ecclesiastical Principles, Organization of this Church, Stated Rules, 
and Manual for Business Meetings, are, except in a few particulars, the 
same with those of the Spring Street Congregational Church of this city, 
and are the joint production of Committees from the two churches. 


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CHARTER. 


AN ACT to incorporate the First Congregational Society, in the town of 
Milwaukee, passed and approved in the year of our Lord one thou- 
sand eight hundred and forty-five. 

Be it enacted, by the Council and House of Representa- 
tives of the Territory of Wisconsin: 

Section 1. That James Bonnell, E. Cramer, Samuel 
Brown, Frederick B. Otis, and A. 1). Smith and their associ- 
ates, together with such persons as may be hereafter associated 
with them, be, and they are hereby created a body politic 
and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name of the 
First Congregational Society, in the town of Milwaukee ; and 
by that name shall be competent to contract and to be con- 
tracted with ; to sue aud be sued ; to answer and be answered 
unto, in all courts of law and equity ; acquire, hold, possess 
and enjoy ; and to sell, convey and dispose of property both 
real and personal ; Provided, The annual income of such 
property shall not exceed six thousand dollars. 

Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize the 


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corporation, hereby created, to purchase, sell or deal in any 
property, except for purposes connected with the erection, com- 
pletion or repairing of a house of public worship, or for purpo- 
ses donnected therewith. 

Sec. 2. That any three of the above named persons shall 
have power to call a meeting, by giving ten days notice thereof, 
by posting up notices in three public places in the town of Mil- 
waukee. 

Sec. 8. That said Society shall have power to form a con- 
stitution and enact by-laws for its government, to prescribe the 
number and title of its offices, and to define their power and 
duties ; and such other powers as are necessary for governing 
and promoting the welfare and interest of said Society. 

Sec. 4. Said Society shall keep a full and complete record 
of all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations made by them; 
and shall keep a full and complete record of all notices and elec- 
tions, and a full record of all the names of such persons as 
shall become or be elected officers of said Society, and all mon- 
ies received, paid out or expended by them, or any one of them, 
in and about the affairs of said Society ; which said record 
shall always be open to the inspection and examination of the 
members of said Society ; and said record shall be received as 
competent evidence of all the facts therein stated. 

Sec. 5. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as 
to give to said Society banking powers. 

Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its pas- 
sage, and may be amended, altered or repealed, at any time, 
by the Legislature of Wisconsin. 


CONSTITUTION. 


ARTICLE I. THE OBJECT OF THIS SOCIETY. 


The object of this Society is, to furnish the church with 
which it is associated with proper accommodations for worship, 
and for carrying out its religious enterprises ; to furnish means 
for supporting a Pastor or Pastors, and for defraying the inci- 
dental expenses of worship ; and to co-operate with the church 
in all suitable ways for the diffusion of the blessings of Christi- 
anity. 

ARTICLE II. OF THE PROPERTY OF THE SOCIETY, AND THE 

QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS. 


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Sec. 1. The real and personal estate of the Society shall 
be vested in the Trustees thereof, who shall hold, manage and 
dispose of the same according to an act of the Territory of 
Wisconsin, granting a charter to this Society ; subject, how- 
ever, to the rules and orders of this Society. 

Sec. 2. Any male member of full age, who shall own a 
pew in the church edifice, on which all assessments shall have 
be m paid, or any person who shall pay annually a tax for de- 
fraying the expenses of said Society, or any male member of 
the church of full age, in good and regular standing, may be- 
come a member by subscribing this constitution, and be enti- 
tled to vote at any of the meetings of the Society, after having 
been a member six months previous thereto. 

Sec. 3. No member of this Society shall be entitled to 
vote on any question touching the sale or disposition of the 


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property, personal or real, belonging to this Society, unless an 
owner of a pew in the church edifice, and unless all assessments 
for rent thereupon shall be first paid. 


Sec. 4. Pews sold by the Trustees shall be conveyed by />*** ^ ' 


deed, signed by the president and secretary of the Board o: WWI 
and sealed with the seal of the Society, with and 


Trustees 

upon the conditions contained in this form : 

Know all men by these presents, that the First Congrega- 
tional Society of Milwaukee, for and in consideration of 

to them in hand paid by have granted, bar- 

gained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and 

sell unto , the said , heirs and assigns, 

pew, number ... in the church edifice, the property of said So- 
ciety, in the city of Milwaukee. 

To have and to hold the same unto the said 

heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever ; subject, 
however, to all such annual assessments thereupon, as may be 
deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees of said Society, 
for the support of the Pastor and the incidental expenses of 
said Society. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed the corporate 
seal of our said Society. 

President, 

Secretary. 


ARTICLE IK 


OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. 1. There shall be a general meeting of the Society 

held each year on the last Saturday of January, for the pur- 

pose of hearing the report of the Trustees ; and generally, for " * 

the transaction of such other business as may then be regularly 
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brought before the meeting. At this meeting the Trustees 
shall be elected. 

Sec. 2. Two persons shall be appointed by the Chair to act 
as tellers, who shall also be judges of the qualifications of the 
electors. 

Sec. 3. Other meetings may be held as provided in Article 
VII., Sec. 4. 

ARTICLE 4ft iV 


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OF NOTICES OF MEETINGS. 

Sec. 1. Notice of the time and place of electing a Pastor, 
or Trustees, shall be given from the pulpit at least fifteen days 
before the day of election ; or, if from apy^cause the church is 
not open, by publishing such notice of election one week in one 
or more daily papers of the city. 

Sec. 2. Notice of every other meeting of the Society shall 
be given at least once from the pulpit on the Sabbath, or by 
publishing one week in one or more daily papers of the city. 

Sec. 3. Should the annual meeting not be held on the day 
specified in Article II., Section 1, of this constitution, said elec- 
tion may be held on any subsequent day, by giving notice as 
provided in Article III., Section 1. 


ARTICLE)^. 


OF THE CHOICE OF A PASTOR, AND SUPPLIES FOR THE PULPIT. 

Sec. 1. The Pastor of the church connected with this Soci- 
ety shall not be dismissed for any cause, nor shall a new Pas- 
tor be called, unless the Society concur; but it shall always be 
the privilege and duty of the Church to take the first necessary 
steps when a contingency of this kind shall arise. 

Sec. 2. A two-thirds vote of the qualified members of the 


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Society, present at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be 
necessary to constitute a choice in the election or dismissal of a 
Pastor. 

Sec. 3. The salary of the Pastor, or any change in his sal- 
ary, shall be determined by a majority of persons entitled to 
vote in the election of Trustees, at a meeting to be called for 
that purpose ; and such salary when fixed shall be ratified by 
the Trustees, or a majority of them, and thereupon shall be 
paid by the Trustees, out of the revenues of the Society, in 
quarterly instalments. 

Sec. 4. The Pastor and such persons as shall be appointed 
by the Church for that purpose, shall be a committee of this 
Society to furnish temporary supplies for the pulpit, as the same 
shall be necessary ; and the expenses of such supplies, so fur- 
nished by such committee, shall be defrayed out of the funds of 
this Society. 

ARTICLE VX 

USE OF THE CHURCH EDIFICE. 


Sec. 1. The principal audience room of the church edifice 
shall never be used except for religious purposes, or for the 
necessary business of the Church and Society ; nor shall any 
religious service be held therein which is not in harmony with 
the so-called evangelical doctrines of the Christian religion, as 
interpreted by the orthodox Congregational churches of the 



United States. 

Sec. 2. The Lecture or Conference rooms shall never be 
used for any Other purpose than for meetings connected with 
the Church and Society, unless by consent of the Trustees. 

ARTICLE VII 


OF THE REVENUES OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. 1. The monies required for defraying the expenses of 


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JOT* the Society, shall he assessed by a vote of the Trustees, and! 
shall be levied on the pews in the ratio of thei^value. 

Sec. 2. The pew rents and assessments shall be due and 
payable at the end of every quarter, viz : — On the first day of 
January, April, July and October. 

Sec. 3. In case any owner of a pew in said church edifice 
shall fail to pay the tax levied as aforesaid, within sixty days 
after the same shall become due and payable, the Trustees, on 
such default, may expose the interest of the owner of said pew 
at auction to the highest bidder, after having given said owner 
ten days’ notice ; but if said owner cannot be found, by posting 
a notice in the vestibule of the church edifice, such sale shall 
vest all the title of the late owner in the purchaser. 

Sec. 4. In case the rent on any pew remains unpaid ten 
days after the same shall become due and payable, the Trustees 
may declare the same vacant. 


ARTICLE YIH. 


OF THE TRUSTEES. 


Si 


Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees shall consist of five, to be 
^chosen annually by ballot, without nomination, and by plural- 
ity vote ; the church being entitled to three, the other two to 
be selected from members of the congregation — not members 


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of the Church; and any person qualified to vote for Trustees, 
shall be eligible for such office. 

Sec. 2. Three of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business. 

Sec. 3. The Trustees shall have power, and it shall be their 
duty to manage all the affairs of said Society ; to make and ex- 
ecute contracts in behalf of the Society ; to raise funds for the 
support of the Pastor, and the incidental expenses of said So- 
ciety ; to have and to exercise a general [and special supervi- 


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sion and control over the property of the Society ; to preserve 
said property from decay or waste, and, generally, to do all 
things that may he necessary to promote the interests and ad- 
vance the welfare of said Society. 

Sec. 4. The Trustees shall have power to call meetings of 
said Society, and shall so do on the written request of seven 
members thereof ; and the Trustees, or a majority of them, 
shall have power to contract debts, discharge liabilities for the 
Society, and to settle, acquit, discharge, compromise and ar- 
range all claims and demands against or in favor of the Society- 

Sec. 5. The Trustees shall have power to fill vacancies in 
their body, occasioned by death, resignation, or protracted 
absence. 

Sec. 6. The Trustees, as soon after their election as con- 
venient, shall choose of their own number, one who shall be 
President, one who shall be Treasurer, and one who shall be 
Secretary of the Board. 




ARTICLE SU, I X 


OP THE PRESIDENT. 

Sec. 1. The President, when present, shall preside at all 
meetings of the Society, and Board of Trustees ; and, in his 
official capacity, sign all deeds for pews. 

Sec. 2. In case of the absence of the President, any 
person elected by a majority of those present, shall act as 
Chairman. 

ARTICLE 

OF THE SECRETARY. 

Sec. 1. The Secretary shall record on the Book of Records 
all the proceedings of the Society, and of the Board of Trus- 
tees. He shall also countersign all deeds for pews, and keep 
a record of the same. 


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Sec. 2. The Secretary shall sign all notices of meetings, 
and see that the proper notices for all meetings of the Society 
and Board of Trustees, are given. 

Sec. 3. He shall also countersign all bills against the 
Society, when the same shall have been audited by the Board. 

Sec. 4. The Society, or Board of Trustees, may appoint 
a Secretary pro tern., in case of the absence of the Secretary. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary shall act as Treasurer, in case of 
the absence of that officer; or in case of his resignation or 
death, until another shall be appointed. 

ARTICLE XI 

OF THE TREASURER. 

Sec. 1. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys of the 
Society ; keep a just and regular account of the same ; collect 
all taxes levied by the Board of Trustees ; pay all accounts, 
when audited; keep a regular account of all the financial 
matters of said Society ; and make an annual report of the 
same to the Society. 

Sec. 2. He shall also, at the end of each quarter, make 
out, for the inspection of the Board, a statement of all moneys 
received and paid out ; and a list of all the persons who have 
not paid the tax or assessment on their pews. 

ARTICLE Xl£ 

OF ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS. 

Sec. 1 . Any and all sections of any previous Constitution 
adopted by this Society, conflicting in any way with the pro- 
visions in this Constitution, are hereby repealed and rescinded. 

Sec. 2. This Constitution (except So much of it as is 
contained in Section 1. of Article V.,) may be altered or 
amended, by a yote of two-thirds of the members present at 


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any meeting convened for the purpose, two week’s notice of a*****J5 
which shall have been given from the pulpit on the Sabbath. 

Sec. 3. That part contained in Section one (1) and Arti- * 
cle five (V.) shall not be altered or amended, unless all the 
pew holders shall ^give their written consent. 

ARTICLE XIIJ 

REGULATIONS FOR ALL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. 1. When the appointed time for the meeting arrives, the 
President, or if he is absent, some other member, will call the 
meeting to order, and request the Pastor, or, if he is absent, 
some other person, to open the meeting with prayer. 

Sec. 2. — of the order of business. 

First . — Appointing a Chairman and Secretary, in case of the 
absence of these officers. 

Second . — Report of Committees, or of the Treasurer of the 
Society, as the case may be, 

Third . — Election of Trustees, if it be the Annual Meeting. 

Fourth . — Unfinished business of previous meetings. 

Fifth . — Special or miscellaneous business. 

Sixth . — In other respects, the meetings of the Society, or of 
the Trustees, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules 
contained in the Business Manual adopted by the Church and 
Society. 


BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 


ARTICLE I. 

OF THE STATED MEETINGS OF THE BOARD. 

Sec. 1. Stated meetings of the Board shall be held at such 
places as a majority of the Board shall direct, on the first 
Tuesday evening of each of the following months, to-wit : — 
May, July and September, at half-past 7 o’clock, and on the 
first Tuesday evenings of the months of November, January, 
March and April, at 7 o’clock. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Board shall be called by 
the Secretary at any time, on a written request from the Presi- 
dent, or any two members of the Board. 

ARTICLE II. 

OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

The business of the Board shall be conducted in the follow- 
ing order : 

First, Elect officers of the Board and appoint a Chairman 
and Secretary (as the case may be.) 

Second , The minutes of the previous meeting of the Board 
shall be submitted for approval. 

Third , Report of committees. 

Fourth , Unfinished business of previous meeting. 

Fifth , Special or miscellaneous business. 

Sixth, Appointment of committees. 

Note. — Persons wishing to purchase or rent seats in the 
Church may apply to the Treasurer of the Society, or in his ab- 
sence, to either of the Trustees. 


Qfiittt# 


November 1st, 1858. 


OF THE CHURCH. 


PASTOR. 

ZEPHANIAH M. HUMPHREY. 

DEACONS. 

WILLIAM J. WHALING, EL1PHALET CRAMER, 

NATHAN G. STORRS, EDWARD TERRY, 

BENJAMIN HERRING. 

CLERK. 

ISAAC P. ROGERS. 

TREASURER. 

JOHN RICE. 


OF THE SOCIETY. 

TRUSTEES. 

WILLIAM J. WHALING, ABRAM WHITTEMORE, 
LANSING BONNEL, JOHN A. DUTCHER, 

JOHN M. DURAND. 

PRESIDENT. 

WILLIAM J. WHALING 

SECRETARY. 

LANSING BONNEL. 

TREASURER. 

ABRAM WHITTEMORE. 


CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MEMBERS, 

TO DECEMBER, 1858. 


EXPLAKIATION S. 


1. The present names of ladies married since joining this Church, 
and while connected with it, are included in brackets after their former 
names. 

2. * signifies deceased while in connection with this Church. 

D signifies dismissed. 

A absent more than two years. 

E excluded. 

P received on profession. 

1841. 


1 Love, Robert D 

2 Love, Martha D 

3 Sprague, Otis D 

4 Sprague, Catharine H. 

5 Love, Sarah A. * 

6 Love, William Jerome A 

7 Childs, John * 

8 Lyon, James D 

9 Smith, Susan D 

10 DeWolf, Josiah D 

11 DeWolf, Mrs. AW. D 

12 Brown, Samuel D 

13 Brown, Clarissa Mrs. D 

14 Brown, Daniel D 

15 Brown, Cordelia D 

16 Stodard, Lyman * 

17 Childs, Sarah P D 

18 Burdick, Rebecca P E 

19 Brown, Angeline L. P D 

20 Stodard, Almira W. [Du- 

rand] P 

21 Stodard, Jane A. [Grif- 

fith] P A 

22 Stodard, Sarah C. [Whit- 

temore] P 

23 Stodard, M. E. [Cotton] P 

24 Pettibone, Aseneth P 


25 Moffet, Benjamin 

26 Moffet, Elizabeth 

27 Allis, Mrs. Fanny C. 

28 Allis, Miss Jane C. 

29 Sweet, Emily Mrs. 

30 Tower, Elizabeth Mrs. P 

31 Rowe, Abner 

32 Rowe, Mary 

33 Baird, Stephen 

34 Baird, Ann 

1842. 


35 Savage, Charles C. PE 

36 Searls, H. E. PE 

37 Dewey, Charles C. P E 

38 DeWolf, F. M. Miss P D 

39 Dewey, Olive P 

40 Circum, John P 

41 Circum, Ann P 

42 Burdick, Elizabeth P A 

43 Sprague, Sarah P * 

44 Dewey, Ezra P D 

45 Vliet, Garrett P 

46 Vliet, Rebecca Mrs. P 

47 Smith, Elizabeth P A 

48 Smith, Mary Jane P D 

49 James, Eleanor J. PA 

50 Colier, Eliza Ann P * 

51 Decker, Abel P 




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52 Painter, Catherine P 

53 Colburn, Henrietta P 

54 Child, S. Sarah P D 

55 Child, Angeline M. P D 

56 Upton, Daniel P * 

57 Horn, Mary Miss P D 

58 Pettibone, Sylvester P 

59 Follett, Norman P * 

60 Ayres, Margaret Miss * 

61 Phelps, S. P. M. Miss D 

62 Simpson, Sarah Mrs. * 

63 Miter, Elizabeth D. Mrs. A 

64 Jones, C. G. Mrs. D 

65 Thomas, Jane P D 

66 Bigelow, Elizabeth Jane P D 

67 Burdick, Paul P E 

68 Barber, George P D 

69 Barber, Hannah P D 

70 Sibley, Daniel D. PE 

71 Sweet, Alanson P 

72 Sibley, Mary Mrs. P D 

73 Finch, Asahel, sen., D 

74 Follett, Precinda * 

75 Colder, Mary P D 

76 Woodward, Benjamin D 

77 Woodward, Amanda Mrs. D 

78 Allen, Jane E. D 

79 Benson, Michael D 

80 Benson, Harriet Mrs. D 

81 Biley, Henry D. E 

82 Finch, Asahel, Jr., 

83 Finch, Mary D. * 

84 Field, S. W. A 

85 Field, Lucy Ann A 

86 Hawley, Francis W. 

87 Matherson, Alexander E 

88 Fordham, Justin P. D 

89 Fordham, Rosaline D 

90 Coon, Ann Mrs. D 

91 Beemer, Halsey L. D 

92 Smith, H. H. Mr. P A 

93 McKitherick, William P A 

94 McKitherick, Jane M. PA 

95 Odel, Bethia P A 

96 Barnes, Wm. T. PE 

1843. 

97 Savage, Nancy P* 

98 Upton, Mrs. Esther P 

99 Bonnell, Mrs. Mary 

100 Sherwood, Cynthia D 

101 De Reimer, Jacob D 

102 De Reimer, Margaret D 


Smith, Augusta 
Lane, Jane L. 

Nelson, Hamilton, 
Nelson, Caroline 
McCormick, Ann 
Wheeler, Russell 
Wheeler, Elizabeth Ann 
Johnston, William 
Ferguson, Margaret 
Foster, Mr. A. M. 

Hill, Avery 
Foster, Mrs. Mary E. 
Kellogg, Elmira 


Evans, Jr., John P 

Kimball, Russell M. P 

Johnston, David P 

Johnston, Mary P 

Johnston, Fredrica P 

Bell, George P 

George, David P 

George, Ann Delia P D 

Churchell,Chloe A. [AxtelljP 
Ward, Mary A. P D 

McFayden, Archibald P E 

McFayden, Sarah P D 

Wood, Elizabeth P * 

Buel, Henry L. P D 

Buel, Maria E. P D 

Cook, James L. P D 

Horn, William A. P D 

Green, George H. P D 

Green, Mary Mrs. P D 

Gay, William S. P * 

Gay, Jane P D 

Crary, Leonard P. PE 

Odell, Abiel P E 

Odell, Clarissa P E 

Decker, Lucy Ann P 

Bonnell, James P 

Owens, Mary Ann P A 

Otis, Frederic B. P * 

Otis, Emily (Merrill) P 

Saph, Mary Ann P D 

Rice, Susan P A 

Jones, Caroline P A 

Rice, Ruth P A 

Hanford. Martha P A 

Bettis, William P D 

Statts, Edward P E 

Hutchinson, Jonathan P E 

Hutchinson, Clarissa P A 

Sweet, Wilbur P * 


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155 Jenkins, Edward P A 

156 Curtis, Alexander P * 

157 Putney, Joseph M. P D 

158 Andrews, William S. P D 

159 Wimble, Thomas P D 

160 Hodge, Benjamin 0. PE 

161 Wright, Samuel P E 

162 Cramer, Eliphalet P 

163 Lace, John M. W. PE 

164 Smith, Mary F. P D 

165 Seiver, Dorothy C. P 

166 Fay, George W. P D 

167 Harrison, John P * 

168 Kellogg, Nathaniel P E 

169 Norman, William P A 

170 Wright, Lucinda P A 

171 McCleary, John P D 

172 Lowther, John P E 

173 Cramer, Electa Mrs. 

174 Buck, Maria J. 

175 Hobart, Martin 

176 Hobart, Paulina 


177 Hobart, Caroline Miss 

178 Hobart, Adis P. 


179 Wells, Marsha Mrs. P 

180 Turner, Harriet F. P D 

181 Crary, Arabella P A 

182 Harrison, Julia M.[Smydth]P 

182 Harrison, Susan Ann P A 

183 Free, Catharine P A 

184 Comstock, Jacob M. PE 

185 Crary, Charles P D 

186 Moore, Hazen P D 

187 Buck, James S. P 

188 Childs, Luther P A 

189 Childs, Susan P A 

190 Smith, Abram D. P D 

191 Jones, Miss Francis [Finch] 

192 Marsh, Leonis M. D 

193 Downer, Jason 

194 Tibbits, Jackson D 

195 Tibbits, L. C. Mrs. D 

196 Maynard, Joseph * 

197 Maynard, Moses P. D 

198 Maynard, Angeline Mrs. D 

199 Smith, Julia P A 

200 Whitney, Jonas * 

201 Whitney, Louisa Mrs. * 

202 King, George D 

203 King, Naomi Mrs. D 

1844. 

204 Tibbits, Jacob D 


Colyer, Harriet Miss * 

Hawley, Mary Ann Mrs. P 

Lace, Mary P D 

Corlies, Fannie M. Mrs. P A 

Farnum, Harriet Mrs. P D 

Sweet, Mary E. Mrs. P A 

Sweet, Richard M. PA 

Bigelow, Benjamin P D 

Hughes, Wm. C. PA 

Hinkley, Samuel P D 

Brown, Eliza P 

Wheeler, George Lewis P D 

Vliet, John B. P D 

Fehary, Ann C. (Perry) A 

Skinner, Morgan L. 

Skinner, Desire Mrs. 

1845. 

Bosworth, Howard 


Bosworth, Elizabeth Mrs. 
Bosworth, Elizabeth Miss 
Hill, Annis 
Jewell, Graham H. 
Harrison, Wm. 

Morrison, Ellen Mrs. 
Jervis, Wm. 

Jervis, Christian Mrs. 


Johnston, Mrs. P 

Newhall, Daniel, jun., 
Newhall, Melissa 
Fay, Abby S. Mrs. P 

Hunt, Henry J. P 

Easterbrook, Helen S. P 

Durand, Martha P 

Haight, Lydia Ann P 

Finch, Mary E.(Papendiek)P 
Finch, Delia C. P 

Sweet, Louisa (Frasier) P 

Sweet, Francis P 

Skinner, Henry C., 

Abbey, Henry G. 

Bennett, Abel A. P 

Taner, Edmund P. P 

Newhall, Samuel C. 

Newhall, Mary B. 

Newhall, Elizabeth S. 
Adams, Agnes S. P 

Hunter, John 
Hunter, Laura M. Mrs. 
McKitterick, Edmund P 

Smith, Hezekiah H., 

Smith, Diantha Mrs. 

Smith, Diantha Miss 


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1846. 

256 Enos, Zeruah Mrs. 

257 Hall, Chancey D 

258 Hall, Matilda D 

259 Hawks, J. W. D 

260 Houghton, Richard, jun., 

261 Houghton, Eliza P. Mrs. 

262 Greenleaf, Gratia T. Mrs. 

263 Lynde, Retina A 

264 Dauley, Eunice B. Mrs. A 

265 Shumway, Charles M. D 

266 Shumway, Margaret A. Mrs. * 

267 Clark, Marsena W. 

268 Clark, Laura Mrs. 

269 Rood, Dorcas E. D 

270 Rood, Loraine D 

271 Rood, Charity D 

272 Rood, Mary Ann P D 

273 Rood, Caroline 0. [Dibble] P 

274 Challener, Elizabeth Mrs. P D 

275 Chubbuck, Jerome N. PA 

276 Gurnsey, Horace W. PA 

277 Sherwood, Gleason P D 

278 Brooks, Lucy Miss P * 

279 Weston, Josiah D. P * 

280 Weston, Lucinda Mrs. P D 

281 Greenleaf, Emma P * 

282 Goodrich, Isaac G. D 

283 Loomis, Levi P. D 

284 Loomis, Mary * 

285 Currier, Sarah J. D 

286 Nicols, Emaleth P A 

287 Crocker, Eliza P D 

288 Crocker, Fanny[Crandall] P D 

289 Dalrymple, Milena P D 

290 Shumway, John P A 

291 Lloyd, Nelson B. A 

292 Lloyd, Eliza Mrs A 

293 Osborn, Henry D 

294 Osborn, Susan D 

295 Wells, Nancy G. A 

296 Dodge, Horace K. A 

1847. 

297 Tibbets, Jacob D 

298 Tibbets, Jackson D 

299 Tibbets, Lydia D 

300 Hutchinson, Belinda A 

301 Hutchinson, Mary D 

302 Finch, Newton A 

303 Wall, Caleb P 

304 Challener, J. P B 

05 David, William A 


Downer, Eliza McLane Mrs. 
McKittrick, Susan M. 

Hard, Mary Mrs. 

Vliet, Caroline 
Kenny, Nancy 
Hoover, Emeline Mrs. 
Williams, Ann 

1848. 

Goff, Henry J. 

Goff, Mahala 
Swan, Julietta F. 

Spaulding, Almira S. 

Jones, Elmira 
Robinson, Jane 
Robinson, Sarah 
Robinson, George James 
Robinson, Harriet T. 
Bonnell, Emeline Mrs. P 
Stoll, Caroline P 

Skinner, Nancy Mrs. 

Bent, James P 

1849. 

Gerry, Thomas L. 

Gerry, Catnerine A. Mrs. 
Curtis, Caroline Mrs. 
McKendriek, Allen 
Carpenter, Phebe Jane 
[Johnson] P 

Miner, George B. 

Miner, Melinda 
Ableman, Elizabeth 


Moriarty, Mary 
Decker, Peter L. 

Decker, Catherine 
Russell, Alfred P 

Kennedy, L. W. P 

Wieland, Henry P 

1850. 

Smith, Prudence 
Smith, Fanny 

Wieland, William P 

Wieland, Elizabeth P 


Badgley, Henrietta L. Mrs. 
Kilbourn, Margaret Mrs. 
1851. 

Frary, Davis 
Whaling, Wm. J. 

Whaling, Louisa Mrs. 
Goodrich, Isaac G. 
Baldwin, Allen 
Baldwin, Julia Mrs. 
Sayles, Thomas A. 


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353 Brown, Merinda A. [Ball] P 

354 Goodrich, Wm. A. D 

355 Goodrich, Betsey A. D 

356 Fellows, Sarah M. [Smith] 

357 Palmer, Lydia Mrs. 

358 Wormsley, Mary Ann Mrs. 

359 Johnson, Harriet E.Mrs. A 

360 Branch, Isaac Tenny 

361 Sea, Louisa D 

362 Ryckman, Martha Mrs. A 

1852. 

363 Richardson, David M. D 

364 Cary, B. B. Dr. D 

365 Cary, Arminda Mrs. D 

366 Warner, E. B. Miss D 

367 Goodrich, Loretta Miss D 

368 Johnson, Willard B. 

369 Johnson, Sarah H. * 

370 Whitney, Eleanor T. Mrs. 

371 Haaek, Samuel D 

372 Wheeler, Allen A. D 

373 Wheeler, Roxanna P * 

374 Collingbourn, Thomas^P. P 

375 Collingbourn, Eliza P 

376 Ayres, Martha J.[ Wheeler] P D 

377 Whaling, Helen E. [CowenJ^P D 

378 Whaling, Sarah L. P“* 

379 Patchen, Martha E. P * 

380 Willard, Sarah C. P9D 

381 Holliday, Mary , B. Mrs. 

[Whaling] P 

382 <li Kitchen, Sarah P D 

383 Dellicker, Henry B. P 

384 Storrs, Nathan G. 

385 Storrs, Sarah D. 

376 Horning, Frederick Y. 

387 Horning, Eliza Mrs. 


388 Houghton, George G. $P 

389 Houghton, Royal P. P 

390 Kennedy, Algernon S. P 

391 Dixon, Abram E. P * 

392 Ilsley, George F. P D 

393 Whaling, F. Rosamond P 

394 Sterling, Julia B. P 

395 Mayhew, Cornelia H. Mrs. PA 

396 Goodrich, Adaline A. Mrs. P 

397 Sinclair, Arabella W. 

(Bayley) P 

398 Finch, Harriet N. P 

399 Kennedy, Fanny L. P D 

400 Greenleaf, Eliza F« P 

401 Pierce, Harriet E. P 


402 Lynde, Eliza G. P D 

403 Pierce, Sylvia K. P D 

404 Parker, Susan Mrs. P D 

405 Pierce, Malvina M. P D 

406 Phelps, Nelson Mr. D 

407 Wheeler, Henry A. A 

408 Williams, Alfred K< P 

409 Hill, Cornelia F. P D 

410 Hill, Mary S. [Greenleaf] P 

! 411 Hill, Helen L. P D 

1412 Gifford, Mary A. S. P D 

1 413 Smith, Anna W. P 

! 414 Pierce, Sarah P D 

415 Bertschie, Lany Miss P 


1 416 Osburn, Walter 

1417 Osburn, Mary Jane 

1418 Whittemore, Abram 
419 Bird, Jane Miss 

j 420 Boardman, Elisha 


421 Gale, Sarah Elizabeth P 

422 Carpenter, Sarah Ann P 

423 Arnold, Mary Elizabeth P 

424 Clifford, Rollin Angelo P 

425 Todd, Robert C. 

426 Todd, Mary Jane 

427 Brown, Julia Ermina P 

428 Parsons. Acsah Mrs. 

429 Fellows, Malinda Mrs. 

430 Brown, Electa M. Mrs. P 


431 Dellicker, Frances ElizaMrs P 

1853. 

432 Hibbard, Irene S. Mrs. 

433 Hibbard, Ellen Miss 

434 Hibbard, Laura M. Miss 

435 Billings, E. P. 

436 Sherman, Martha Mrs. 

437 Mills, Mary C. Mrs. * 

438 Johnson, Francis M. 

439 Hatfield, Amelia Mrs. P 

440 Ludlow, Harriet Miss P 

441 Cole, A. P. Mrs. 

442 Denniston, Harriet R. 

1854. 

443 Badgley, P. W. 

444 Stoll, Caroline Miss 

445 Currier, Sarah Jane Miss 

446 Davis, Altana Miss 

447 Whittemore, Paul C. 

448 Whittemore, [Mary H. Mrs. 

449 Griffith, Allan A. 

450 Ried, Wm. 

451 Ried, Mary 


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452 Wood, Joseph H. D 

453 Wood, Laurilla Mrs D 

1855. 

454 Stark, Charles G. 

455 Ried, Thomas P A 

456 Weld, Mary C. Mrs. * 

457 Hardy, Henry 

458 Holdridge, Daniel M. D 

459 Holdridge, Frances S. D 

460 Waghorn, Charlotte P A 

461 Herring, Benjamin * 

462 Herring, Deborah-Mrs. * 

463 Herring, Angeline Miss 

464 Scott, Moses S. 

465 Scott, Harriet Mrs. 


466 Scott, Sarah C. (Durant) D 

467 Fay, Alonzo G. D 

v 468 Brigham, Wm. M. 

✓ 469 Brigham, Mary Mrs. 

470 Aikin, A. L. Mrs. D 

471 Hibbard, Sophia Mrs. 

472 Nolton, Lyman Mr. 

473 Nolton, Sarah Mrs. 

474 Nolton, Helen L. [Hatch] 

475 Hayden, Joseph F. 

476 Hayden, Caroline Mrs. ^ 

477 Terry, Edward # 

478 Terry, Louisa S. Mrs. 

479 Terry, Mary L. 

1856. 

480 Sherman, Joseph K. D 

481 Gillies, Elsev Ann Mrs. D 

482 Gillies, David A. A 

483 Crane, 0. T. 

484 Crane, Louisa M. Mrs. 

485 Graves, Caroline N. Mrs. D 

486 Tenny, Roxana B.[Newhall] 

487 Jewett, Adaline Mrs. P A 

488 Merrick, Maria Jane Mrs. P 

489 Bennett, Laura Mrs. D 

490 Billings, E. P. 

491 Bacon, Edward P. 

492 Draper, S. B. Mrs. 


493 Humphrey, Harriet L. Mrs. 

494 Leland, Harriet Mrs. 

495 Mix, Edward Townsend 


496 Mix, Mary B. Mrs. 

497 Hayt, Samuel 

498 Hayt, Lydia T. Mrs. 

499 Hayt Sarah T. 

500 Hayden, William 

501 Hayden, Mary Mrs. 


Hayden, Thomas S. 

Hayden, Wm. Jr. 

Hayden, Jeanette 
Hayden, George R. 

1857. 

Stearns, Eliza Mrs. 

Stearns, Helen W. Miss 
Weller, Minerva Miss D 

Houghton, Adaline M. Mrs. P JJ> 
Starks, Edward J. P 

Blount, Oscar F. P * 

Blount, Cornelia G. Mrs. P * 
Blount, Julia E. P 

Mills, Peter W. P * 

Horning, Charles P 

Horning, Elizabeth, Mrs. P 
Hayt, Lucy A. P 

Dutcher, John A. P 2) 

Dutcher, Annette E. Mrs. P ^ 
Tenney, Newell S. P 

Rogers, Isaac P. P 

Rogers, Robert Eugene P 
Nicholds, Alphonzo Noble P 
White, Richard Henry P D 
Lawrence, Sarah E. Mrs. P 
Martin, Louise A. Mrs. P 
Flanders, Charlotte A. P J* 
Flanders, Isabella Norton P ^ 
Treat. Helen Mabel P 

White, Eliza Agnes P D 

Wheeler, L. A. 

Wheeler, Helen C. Mrs. 

Fitts, Ellen H. Mrs. 

Miner, Alcy E. 

Nash, Noah Mrs. 

Boynton, Jane R. Mrs. 

Barton, Emma G. Mrs. 
Strathdee, Jane (Douglas) 
Hibbard, Truman 
Storrs, Hannah Maria P fc 

Rogers, Mary Mrs. 

Rich, Caroline M. P D 

Burnell, Martha G. P D 

Burnell, Fanny N. P D 

Burnell, Mary E. P D 

Burnell, Calvin Jones P 

Bonnell, Susan R. P 

Sweet, Jane P 

Vail, Sarah R. P D 

Vail, Martha S. P D 

Disbrow, Mary Jane P D 

Clark, Esther J. P I) 


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553 Brown, Antoinette D. P D 

554 Porter, Sarah L. P 

555 Goodrich, John Robert P 

546 Kinney, Wesley P D 

557 Scott, William P 

558 Chatfield, Theodore E .P 

559 Sargeant, John Henry P D 

560 Bell, Melissa M. Mrs. 

561 Gill, Elias D 

562 Gill, Jane W. Mrs. D 

563 Draper, Harriet Mrs. 

554 Clark, Byron W. 3^ 

565 Clark, Addie F. Mrs. 

566 Fitch, ChaunceyP. 

567 Fitch, Harriet M. Mrs. * 

568 Weld, Sarah B. Mrs. 

569 Soper, Sarah E. Mrs. 

570 Solly, Elizabeth B. Mrs. 

571 Clark, Caroline 

572 Bridges, Albert C. D 

573 Dyson, Betsey Mrs. 

574 Baldwin, James G. ID 

575 Smith, Helen H. Mrs. 

576 Bottomley, Samuel H. 

577 Baldwin, Sarah M. Miss 

578 Millerd, Jesse Dea. D 

579 Millerd, Lucinda Mrs. D 

580 Millerd, Samuel D 

581 Jervis, William 

582 Jervis, Christiana Mrs. * 

583 Clark, Charles S. 

584 Clark, Elizabeth S. Mrs. 

585 Terry, Martha A. P 

586 Foote, Horace A. P 

587 Mix, Emily Mrs. 

588 Mix, Fanny Miss 

1858. 

589 Selleck, Charlotte A. Mrs. t 

590 Elmore, Jane R. Mrs. P 

591 Bacon, T. F. 

592 Goodrich Mary E. Mrs. 

593 Dinnin, J. E. 

594 Freeman, W. R. D 

595 Freeman, M. A. D. M. Mrs. D 

596 Hardy, John P 

597 Hardy, Mary Mrs. P 

598 Hardy, Frances Miss P 

599 Griswold, Mary Mrs. P 

600 Dinnin, Anna L. Mrs. P 

601 Bonnell, Margaret E. Miss P 

602 Randall, Elizabeth J. Miss P D 

603 Burlock, William E. P 


604 Burlock, Frederick F. 

605 Wright, George 

606 Rice, John A. 

607 Ricker, John S. 

608 Boynton, Barney B. 

609 Rice, John 

610 Leland, Eugene W. 

611 Taintor, Henry F. 

612 Mann, Edward B. 

613 Fox, Henry P. 

614 Norton, Wilbur F. 

615 Fitch, William G. 

616 Trowbridge, Alvah 

617 Browning, Lorenzo 

618 Burlock, Margaret L. Mrs. 

619 Townsend, Caroline Mrs. 

620 Wright, Huldah Mrs. 

621 Drake, Laura M. Mrs. 

622 Page, Ellen H. Mrs. 

623 Lewis, Frances A. Miss 

624 Rice, Elizabeth E. Mrs. 

625 Kimball, Caroline M. Mrs. 

626 Jones, Hannah S. Mrs. 

627 Kennedy,CatherineG.Mrs. 

628 Jones, Mary A. Mrs. 

629 Robinson, Mary E. Mrs. 

630 Horning, Harriet Mrs. 

631 Horning, Martha J. Miss 

632 Horning, Elizabeth Miss 

633 Thistlethwait, Frances A. 

Miss 

634 Flanders, Helen M. Miss 

635 Curtis, Martha E. Miss 

636 Whaling, Charlotte M. Miss 

637 Whaling, Susan M. Miss 

638 Smith, Ada G. Miss 

639 Smith, Theodora Miss 

640 Bryant, Marcia W. Miss 

641 Hayden, Mary S. Miss 

642 Drake, Andrew J. 

643 Griswold, Joseph W. 

644 Griswold, Edward P. 

645 Nash, Charles D. 

646 Ricker Julia A. Mrs. 

647 Swan, V. A. Mrs. 

648 Dibble, Andrew E. 

649 Utley, Maurice H. 

650 Page, John L. 

651 Branch, Mary J. Mrs. 

652 Patterson, Marg’t D. Mrs. 

653 Pratt, Albert H. 

654 Eldridge, John H. 


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655 Adams, Richard K. P3> 

656 Wight, Herbert P 

657 Clark. Forester P 

658 Sharpstein, Catharine MrsP 

659 Baldwin, Malvina H. Miss P 

680 Barnes. Annaletta Miss P 

681 Pratt, Enieline W. Miss P 

682 Hicks, Emma J. Miss P 

683 Burling, Susan W. Mrs. 

664 Hicks, Amelia A. Mrs. 

685 Whipple, Maria Miss 

666 Adams, Amanda S. Mrs. 

667 El iridge, Mary E. Mrs. 

665 Hurlburt, Elias A. 

669 Kinney, Oscar P. 


670 Seymour, Dyer 

671 Smith, Harriet T. Mrs. P 

672 Smith, Harriet A. Miss P 

1673 Lewis, John P 

1674 Lewis, Julia C. Mrs. P X> 

6 75 Porter, Harriet L. Mrs. P 

676 Chapin. Emery D. P3> 

C77 Chapin, Marietta Mrs. P3> 

678 Mason, Timothy B. 

679 Mason, Helen A. Miss 

680 Ayres, Mark 

681 Chapman, Timothy A 

682 Chapman, Laura B. Mrs, 

683 Johnson, Mary L. Mrs. 


ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS. 


243 Abbey, Henry G. 

333 Ableman, Elizabeth 

249 Adams, Agnes S. P 

666 Adams, Amanda S. Mrs. 

655 Adams, Richard K. 

470 Aikin, A. L. Mrs. 

27 Allis, Mrs Fanny C. 

78 Allen, Jane E. 

28 Allis, Miss Jane C. P 

158 Andrews, William S. P 

423 Arnold, Mary Elizabeth P 

680 Ayres, Mark 

376 Ayres, Martha J [Wheeler] P 
60 Ayres, Margaret Miss 
491 Bacon, Edward P. 

591 Bacon, T. F. 

344 Badgley, Henrietta L. Mrs. 
443 Badgley, P. W. 

350 Baldwin, Allen 

351 Baldwin, Julia Mrs. 

574 Baldwin, James G. 

659 Baldwin, Malvina II. Miss P 

577 Baldwin. Sarah M. Miss 

33 Baird, Stephen 

34 Baird, Ann 

68 Barber, George 

69 Barber, Hannah P 

96 Barnes, Wm. T. P 

660 Barnes, Annaletta Miss P 

OP 


537 
191 
521 
60 
244 
489 

79 

80 
325 
415 
150 
212 

66 
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512 
511 

513 

420 
D|322 

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601 
547 
A 221 
D 222 
D 223 
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Barton, Emma G. Mrs. 
Beem°r, Halsey L. 

Bell, George 
Bell, Melissa M. Mrs. 
Bennett, Abel A. 

Bennett, Laura Mrs. 
Benson, Michael 
Benson. Harriet Mrs. 
Bent, James 
Bertschie. Lucy Miss 
Bettis, William 
Bigelow, Benjamin 
Bigelow, Elizabeth Jane 
-490 Billings, E. P. 

Bird, Jane Miss 
Blount, Cornelia G. Mrs. 
Blount, Oscar F. 

Blount, Julia E. 
Boardman, Elisha 
Bonnell, Emeline Mrs. 
Bonnell, James 
Bonnell, Mrs. Mary 
Bonnell, Margaret E. Miss 
Bonnell. Susan R. 

Bos worth, Howard 
Bosworth, Elizabeth Mrs. 
Bosworih, Elizabeth Miss 
Bottomlev. Samuel II. 
Boynton, Barney B. 


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66 


536 Boynton, Jane R. Mrs. 


360 Branch, Isaac Tenny 
651 Branch, Mary J. Mrs. P 
572 Bridges, Albert C. D 

469 Brigham, Mary Mrs. 

468 Brigham, Wm. M. 

278 Brooks, Lucy Miss P * 

19 Brown, Angeline L. P D 

553 Brown, Antoinette D. P D 

430 Brown, Electa M. Mrs. P 

13 Brown, Clarissa Mrs. D 

15 Brown, Cordelia D 

14 Brown, Daniel D 

215 Brown, Eliza P 

427 Brown, Julia Ermina P A 

353 Brown, Merinda A. [Ball] P 

12 Brown, Samuel D 

617 Browning, Lorenzo P 

640 Bryant, Marcia W. Miss P 

187 Buck, James S. P 

174 Buck, Maria J. 

129 Buel, Henry L. P D 

130 Buel, Maria E. P D 

18 Burdick, Rebecca P E 

42 Burdick, Elizabeth P A 

67 Burdick, Paul P E 

663 Burling, Susan W. Mrs. 

604 Burlock, Frederick F. P 

618 Burlock, Margaret L. Mrs. P 

603 Burlock, William E. P 

546 Burnell, Calvin Jones P 

544 Burnell, Fanny N. P P 

545 Burnell, Mary E. P D 

543 Burnell, Martha G. P D 

422 Carpenter, Sarah Ann P 

330 Carpenter, Phebe Jane 

[Johnson] P 

364 Cary. B. B. Dr. D 

365 Cary, Arminda Mrs. D 

274 Challener, Elizabeth Mrs. P D 
304 Challener, J. P D 

676 Chapin, Emery D. P 

677 Chapin, Marietta Mrs. P 

681 Chapman, Timothy A. 

682 Chapman, Laura B. 

558 Chatfield, Theodora E .P 

55 Child. Angeline M. P D 

54 Child, S. Sarah P D 

188 Childs, Luther P A 

189 Childs, Susan P A 

7 Childs, John * 

17 Childs, Sarah P ,D 


Chubbuck, Jerome N. PA 
Churchell,Chloe A. [Axtell]P 
Circum, John 
Circum, Ann 
Clark, Addie F. Mrs., 

Clark, Byron W. 

Clark, Caroline 
Clark, Charles S. 

Clark, Elizabeth S. Mrs. 

Clark, Esther J. 

Clark, Forester 
Clark, Laura Mrs. 

Clark, Marsena W. 

Clifford, Rollin Angelo 
Coon, Ann Mrs. 

Cook, James L. 

Cole, A. P. Mrs. 

Collingbourn, Thomas P. 
Collingbourn, Eliza 
Colburn, Henrietta 
Colder, Mary 
Colier, Eliza Ann 
Colyer, Harriet Miss 
Comstock, Jacob M. 

Corlies, Fannie M. Mrs. 

Cramer Eliphale 1 . 

Cramer. Electa Mrs. 

Crane, Louisa M. Mrs. 

Crane, O. T. 

Crary, Arabella 
Crary, Charles 
Crary, Leonard P. 

Crocker, Eliza 
Crocker, Fanny [ Crandall] 
Currier, Sarah J. 

Currier, Sarah Jane Miss 
Curtis, Alexanler 
Curtis, Caroline Mrs. 

Curtis, Martha E. [Fitch] 
Dalrymple, Milena 
David, William 
Davis, Altana Miss 
Dauley, Eunice B. Mrs. 

Decker, Abel 
Decker, Catherine 
Decker, Peter L. 

Decker, Lucy Ann 
Dellicker, Henry B. 

Dellicker, Frances KlizaMr 
Denniston, Harriet R. 

De Reimer, Jacob 
De Reimer, Margaret 


275 

124 

40 

41 

565 

554 

571 

583 

584 

552 

657 

268 

267 

424 

90 

131 

441 

374 

375 

53 

75 

50 

205 

184 

208 

162 

173 

484 

483 

181 

185 

137 

287 

288 

285 

445 

156 

328 

635 

289 

305 

446 

264 

51 

336 

335 

140 

383 

431 

442 

101 

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10 DeWolf, Josiali 

11 DeWolf, Mrs. A W. 

33 DeWolf, F. M. MiS 3 P 

37 Dewey, Charles C. P 

44 Dewey, Ezra P 

39 Dewey, Olive P 

648 Dibble, Andrew E. 

600 Dinnin, Anna L. Mrs. P 
593 Dinnin, J. E. 

551 Disbrow, Mary Jane P 

391 Dixon, Abram E. P 

296 Dodge, Horace K. 

306 Downer, Eliza McLane Mrs. 
193 Downer, Jason 
642 Drake, Andrew J. P 

621 Drake, Laura M. Mrs. P 

563 Draper, Harriet Mrs. 

492 Draper, S. B. Mrs. 

519 Dutcker, Annette E. Mrs. P 
518 Dutcher, John A. P 

236 Durand, Martha P 

573 Dyson, Betsey Mrs. 

235 Easterbrook, Helen S. P 

654 Eldridge, John II. P 

667 Eldridge, Mary E. Mrs. 

590 Elmore, Jane R. Mrs. P 
256 Enos, Zeruah Mrs. 

116 Evans, John Jr., P 

209 Farnum, Harriet Mrs. P 

233 Fay, Abby S. Mrs. P 

467 Fay, Alonzo G. 

166 Fay, George W. P 

218 Fehary, Ann C. (Perry) 

429 Fellows, Malinda Mrs. 

356 Fellows, Sarah M [Smith] 

1 1 1 Ferguson, Margaret 
85 Field, Lucy Ann 
84 Fie d, S. W. 

73 Finch, Asahel, sen., 

82 Finch, Asahel, Jr., 

239 Finch, Delia C. P 

83 Finch, Mary D. Mrs. 

238 Finch, Mary E.(Papendiek)P 

302 Finch, Newton 

393 Finch, Harriet N. P 

566 Fitch, Chauncey P. 

567 Fitch, Harriet M. Mrs. 

615 Fitch, William G. P 

533 Fitts, Ellen H. Mrs. 

527 Flanders, Charlotte A. P 
634 Flanders, Helen M. Miss P 

528 Flanders, Isabella Norton P 


D!586 Foote, Horace A. 

D| 59 Follett, Norman 
74 Follett, Precinda 

88 Fordham, Justin P. 

89 Fordham, Rosaline 
114 Foster, Mrs. Mary E. 

112 Foster, Mr. A. M. 

613 Fox, Henry P. 

346 Frary, Davis 
183 Free, Catharine 

594 Freeman, W. R. 

595 Freeman, M. A. D. Mrs. 
421 Gale, Sarah Elizabeth 
136 Gay, Jane 
135 Gay, William S. 

123 George, Ann Delia 
122 George, David 
327 Gerry, Catuerine A. Mrs. 
326 Gerry, Thomas L. 

412 Gilford, Mary A. S. 

A 561 Gill, Elias 
j562 Gil!, Jane W. Mrs. 

A| 482 Gillies, David A. 

:481 Gillies, Elsev Ann Mrs. 
396 Goodrich, Adaline A. Mrs. 
355 Goodrich, Betsey A. 
282-349 Goodrich, Isaac G. 

D 555 Goodrich, John Robert 
D 367 Goodrich, Loretta Miss 
* 592 Goodrich Mary E. Mrs. 


P 

P 


354 Goodrich, Wm. A. 

313 Golf, Henry J. 

314 Golf, Mahala 

485 Graves, Caroline N. Mrs. 

133 Green, George H. 

134 Green, Mary Mrs. 

400 Greenleaf, Eliza F* 

281 Greenleaf, Emma 

262 Greenleaf, Gratia T. Mrs. 
449 Griffith, Allan A. 

644 Griswold, Edward P. 

643 Griswold, Joseph W. 

599 Griswold, Mary Mrs. 

276 Gurnsey, Horace W. 

371 Haack, Samuel 
237 Haight, Lydia Ann 
149 Hanford ; Martha 

257 Hall, Chancey 

258 Hall, Matilda 
457 Hardy, Henry 

598 Hardy, Frances Miss 
597 Hardy, Mary Mrs. 


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596 Hardy* John P 

308 Hard, Mary Mrs. A 

226 Harrison, Wm. D 

167 Harrison, John P * 

182 Harrison. Julia M.[Smydth']P 
182 Harrison, Susan Ann P A 

439 Hatfield, Amelia Mrs. P 1) 

86 Hawley, Francis W. * 

206 Hawley, Mary Ann Mrs. P 
259 Hawks, J. W. D 


476 Hayden, Caroline Mrs. 
505 Hayden, George R. 

504 Hayden, Jeanette 
475 Hayden, Joseph F. 

501 Hayden, Mary Mrs. 


641 Hayden, Mary S. Miss P 
502 Hayden. Thomas S. 

500 Hayden, William 
593 Hayden, Wm. Jr., 

493 Hayt, Lydia T. Mrs. 

517 Hayt, Lucy A. P 

497 Hayt, Samuel 
499 Hayt Sarah T. 

463 Herring, Angeline Miss 

461 Herring, Benjamin 

462 Herring, Deborah Mrs. * 

433 Hibbard, Ellen Miss D 

432 Hibbard, Irene S. Mrs. Dj 

434 Hibbard, Laura M. Miss I> 

471 Hibbard, Sophia Mrs. 

539 Hibbard, Truman 
661 Hicks, Amelia A. Mrs. 

632 Hicks, Emma J. Miss P 

113 Hill, Avery D 

224 Hill, Annis 1) 

409 Hill, Co nelia F. P D 

411 Hill. Helen L. P 1) 

410 Hill, Mary S. [Greenleaf ] P 

214 Hinkley, Samuel P D 

178 Hobart, Adis P. 

177 Hobart, Caroline Miss * 

175 Hobart. Martin 
76 Hobart, Paulina 
160 Hodge, Benjamin O. PE 

458 Holdridge, Daniel M. D 

459 Holdridge, Frances S. D 

381 Holliday, Mary B. Mrs. 

[Whaling] P 

oil Hoover, Emeline Mrs. 

57 Horn. Mary Miss P D 

515 Horning, Charles P 

132 Horn, William A. P D 

516 Homing, Elizabeth, Mrs. P 


1632 Horning, Elizabeth Miss P 

387 Horning, Eliza Mrs. 

376 Horning, Frederick Y. 

630 Horning, Harriet Mrs. P 

631 Horning, Martha J. Miss P 

509 Houghton, Adaline M Mrs. P 
261 Houghton, Eliza P. Mrs. 

388 Houghton, George G. P 

389 Houghton, Royal P. P 

260 Houghton, Richard, jun., 

213 Hughes, Wm. C. PA 

493 ^Humphrey, Harriet L. Mrs. 

234 Hunt, Henry J. P D 

250 Hunter, John D 

251 Hunter, Laura M. Mrs. D 

668 Hurlburt, Elias A. 

300 Hutchinson, Belinda A 

153 Hutchinson, Clarissa P A 

152 Hutchinson, Jonathan P E 

301 Hutchinson, Mary D 

392 Ilsley, George F. P D 

49 James, Eleanor J. P A 

155 Jenkins, Edward P A 

228- 581 Jervis, William 

229- 582 Jervis Christiana Mrs. 

225 Jewell, Graham II. D 

487 Jewett, Adaline Mrs. P A 

J 1 18 Johnston, David P A 

120 Johnston. Fredrica P A 

119 Johnston, Mary P A 

230 Johnston, Airs. P A 

1 10 Johnston, William A 

359 Johnson, Harriet E.Mrs. A 

438 Johnson, Francis M. A 


683 Johnson, Mary L. Miss 

368 Johnson, Willard B. 

369 Johnson, Sarah H. 

64 Jones, C. G. Mrs. 

317 Jones, Elmira 


147 Jones, Caroline P 

326 Jones, Hannah S. Mrs. P 
628 Jones, M iry A. Mrs. P 
191 Jones, Miss Francis [Finch] 

115 Kellogg, Elmira 
168 Kellogg. Nathaniel P 

310 Kenny. Nancy 
390 Kennedy. Algernon S. P 
627 Kennedy, Catherine G. Mrs. P 
338 Kennedy, L. W. P 

399 Kennedy, Fanny L. P D 

345 Kilbourn. Margaret Mrs. A 
1 17 Kimball, Russell Al. P D 

625 Kimball, Caroline M. Mrs. P 




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669 Kinney, Oscar P. 

546 Kinney, Wesley P D 

202 King, George D 

203 King, Naomi Mrs. D 

382 Kitchen, Sarah P D 

163 Lace, John M. W. P E 

207 Lace, Mary P 1) 

104 Lane, Jane L. D 

525 Lawrence, Sarah E. Mrs. P 
494 Leland, Harriet Mrs. 

610 Leland, Eugene W. P 

623 Lewis, Frances A. Miss P 

673 Lewis, John 

674 Lewis, Julia C. Mrs. P 

291 Lloyd, Nelson B. A 

292 Lloyd, Eliza Mrs A 

283 Loomis, Levi P. D 

284 Loomis, Mary * 

1 Love, Robert D 

2 Love, Martha D 

5 Love, Sarah A. * 

6 Love, William Jerome A 

172 Lowther, John P E 

440 Ludlow, Harriet Miss P 

402 Lynde, Eliza G. PL) 

233 Lynde, Retina A 

8 Lyon, James D 

192 Marsh, Leonis M. D 

526 Martin, Louise A. Mrs. P 
679 Mason, Helen A. Miss 

678 Mason, Timothy B. Mrs. 

612 Mann, Edward B. P 

87 Matherson Alexander E 

895 Mayhew, Cornelia H. Mrs. P A 
198 Maynard, Angeline Mrs. D 

196 Maynard, Joseph * 

197 Maynard, Moses P. D 

171 McOleary, John P D 

107 McCormick, Ann E 

126 McFayden, Archibald P A 

127 McFayden, Sarah P D 

329 McKendrick, Allen 1) 

94 AIcKitherick, Jane M. P * 

93 McKitherick, William P A 

307 McKittrick, Susan M. A 

252 McKitterick, Edmund P A 


488 Merrick, Maria Jane Mrs. P 
534 Miner, Alcy E. 

331 Miner, George B. 

532 Miner, Melinda 
437 Mills, Mary C. Mrs. 

314 Mills, Peter W. P 


Millerd, Jesse Bea. 

Millerd, Lucinda Mrs. 
Millerd, Samuel 
Miter, Elizabeth D. Mrs. 

Mix, Edward Townsend 
Mix, Emily Mrs. 

Mix, Fanny Miss 
Mix. Mary B. Mrs. 

Moffet, Benjamin 
Moffet, Elizabeth 
Moore, Hazen P 

Moriarty, Mary 
Morrison, Ellen Mrs. 

Nash, Charles D. 

Nash, Noah Mrs. 

Nelson, Caroline 
N Ison, Hamilton, 

Newhall, Elizabeth S. 
Newhall, Daniel, jun., 
Newhall, Mary B. 

Newhall, Melissa 
Newhall, Samuel C. 

Nicholds, Alphonzo Noble P 


Nicols, Emaleth P 

Nolton, Helen L. [Hatch] 
Nolton, Lyman Mr. 

Nolton, Sarah Mrs. 

Norman, William 
Norton, Wilbur F. P 

Odell, Abiel P 

Udell, Clarissa P 

Odel, Bethia P 

Osborn, Henry 
Osburn, Mary Jane 
Osborn, Susan 
Osburn, Walter 
Otis, Frederic B. P 

Otis, Emily (Merrill) P 

Owens. Mary Ann P 

Page, Ellen H. Mrs, P 

Page, John L. P 

Painter, Catherine P 

Palmer, Lydia Mrs. 

Parsons Acsah Mrs. 

Parker, Sasan Mrs. P 

Patterson, Marg’t D. Mrs. P 
Patchen, Martha E. P 

Pettibone, Aseneth P 

Pettibone, Sylvester P 

Phelps, Nelson Mr. 

Phelps, S. P. M. Miss 
Pierce, Harriet E. P 


578 

579 

580 

63 

495 

587 

588 

496 

25 

26 

186 

334 

227 

645 

535 

106 

105 

248 

231 

247 

232 

246 

523 

286 

474 

472 

473 

169 

614 

138 

139 

95 

293 

417 

294 

416 

143 

144 

142 

622 

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404 

652 

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405 Pierce, Malvina M. P 

414 Pierce, Sarah P 

403 Pierce, Sylvia K. P 

675 Porter, Harriet L. Mrs. 

554 Porter, Sarah L. P 

653 Pratt, Albert H. P 

661 Pratt, Emeline W. Miss P 
157 Putney, Joseph M. P 

602 Randall, Elizabeth J. Miss P 
624 Rice, Elizabeth E. Mrs. P 

606 Rice, John A. P 

609 Rice, John P 

607 Ricker, John S. P 

646 Ricker, Julia A. Mrs. 

542 Rich, Caroline M. P 

363 Richardson, David M. 

81 Riley, Henry D. 

146 Rice, Susan P 

148 Rice, Ruth P 

451 Ried, Mary 

455 Ried, Thomas P 

450 Ried, Wm. 

320 Robinson, George James 

321 Robinson, Harriet T. 

318 Robinson, Jane 

629 Robinson, MaryE. Mrs. P 

319 Robinson, Sarah 

521 Rogers, Isaac P. P 

541 Rogers, Mary Mrs. 

522 Rogers, Robert Eugene P 
271 Rood, Charity 


273 Rood, Caroline O. [Dibble] P 


269 Rood, Dorcas E. 

270 Rood, Loraine 

272 Rood, Mary Ann P 

31 Rowe, Abner 

32 Rowe, Mary 

387 Russell, Alfred P 

362 Ryckman, Martha Mrs. 

145 Saph, Mary Ann P 

559 Sargeant. John Henry P 
35 Savage, Charles C. P 

97 Savage, Nancy D 

352 Sayles, Thomas A. 

465 Scott, Harriet Mrs. 

464 Scott, Moses S. 


466 Scott, Sarah C. (Durant) 

557 Scott, William P 

361 Sea, Louisa 

36 Searls, 11 . E. P 

165 Seiver, Dorothy C. P 

689 Selleck, Charlotte A. Mrs. 


Seymour, Dyer 
Sharpstein. Catherine Mrs. P 
Sherman, Joseph K. 
Sherman, Martha Mrs. 


Sherwood, Cynthia P 

Sherwood, Gleason P 

Shumway, Charles M. 
Shuraway, John P 

Shumway, MirgaretA. Mrs. 
Sibley, Daniel D. P 

Sibley, Mary Mrs. P 

Simpson, Sarah Mrs. 
Sinclair, Arabella W. 

(Bayley) P 

Skinner, Desire Mrs. 

Skinner, Henry C., 

Skinner, Morgan L. 

Skinner, Nancy Mrs. 

Smith, Abram D. P 

Smith, Ada G. Miss P 

Smith, Anna W. P 

Smith, Augusta 
Smith', Diantha Mrs. 

Smith, Diantha Miss 
Smith, Elizabeth P 

Smith, Fanny 

Smith, H. H. Mr. P 

Smith, Harriet T. Mrs. P 

Smith, Harriet A. Miss P 

Smith, Hezekiah H., 

Smith, Helen H. Mrs. 

Smith, Julia P 

Smith, Mary F. P 

Smith, Mary Jane P 

Smith, Prudence 
Smith, Susan 

Smith, Theodora Miss P 


Solly, Elizabeth B. Mrs. 
Soper, Sarah E. Mrs. 
Spaulding, Almira S. 
Sprague, Catharine H. 
Sprague, Otis 


Sprague, Sarah P 

Stark, Charles G. 

Starks, Edward J. P 

Statts, Edward P E 

Stearns, Eliza Mrs. 

Stearns, Helen W. Miss 
Sterling, Julia B. P 

Stodard, Almira W. [Du- 
rand] P 

Stodard, Jane A. [Grif- 


D'670 

D 658 

D 480 

436 

100 

D 277 

265 

D 290 

Hi 266 

70 

72 

62 

397 

D 220 

D;242 

A j 2 1 9 

A 324 

A 190 

[638 

A 413 

103 

A 254 

A 255 

A 47 

341 

A 92 

671 

672 

253 

D 575 

199 

D 164 

D 48 

D 340 

D 9 

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A 570 

A 569 

D 316 

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510 

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507 

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16 Stodard, Lyman 
23 Stodard, M. E [Cotton] P 

22 Stodard, Sarah C. [Whit- 

temore] P 

323-444 Stoll, Caroline Miss 
540 Storrs, Hannah Maria P 

384 Storrs, Nathan G. 

385 Storrs. Sarah D. 


538 Strathdee, Jane (Douglas) 


315 Swan, Julietta F. 

647 Swan, V. A. Mrs. 

7L Sweet, Alanson P 

29 Sweet, Emily Mrs. 

241 Sweet, Francis P 

548 Sweet, Jane P 

240 Sweet, Louisa (Frasier) P 

210 Sweet, Mary E. Mrs. P 

211 Sweet, Richard M. P 

154 Sweet, Wilbur P 

611 Taintor, Henry F. P 

245 Taner, Edmund P. P 

520 Tenney, Newell S. P 

486 Tenny, Roxana B.[Newhall] 

477 Terry, Edward 

478 Terry, Louisa S. Mrs. 

585 Terry, Martha A. P 

479 Terry, Mary L. 

633 Thistlethwait, Frances A. 

65 Thomas, Jane P 

204-297 Tibbets, Jacob 


299-195 Tibbits, L. C. Mrs. 
194-298 Tibbets, Jackson 
426 Todd, Mary Jane 
425 Todd, Robert C. 


30 Tower, El zabeth Mrs. P 

619 Townsend, Caroline Mrs. P 
529 Treat. Helen Mabel P 

616 Trowbridge, Alvah P 

Miss P 

180 Turner, Harriet F. P 

56 Upton, Daniel P 

98 Upton, Mrs. Esther 
649 Utley, Maurice II. P 

550 Vail, Martha S. P 

549 Vail, Sarah R. P 

309 Vliet, Caroline 

45 Vliet, Garrett P 

217 Vliet, John B. P 

46 Vliet, Rebecca Mr.s P 

460 Waghorn, Charlotte P 

303 Wall, Caleb P 


Warner, E. B. Miss 
Ward, Mary A. P 

Weld, Mary C. Mrs. 

Weld, Sarah B. Mrs. 

Weller, Minerva Miss 
Wells, Marsha Mrs. P 

Wells, Nancy G. 

Weston, Josiah D. P 

Weston, Lucinda Mrs. P 

Whaling, Charlotte M. Miss P 
Whaling, F. Rosamond P 

Whaling, Louisa Mrs. 
Whaling, Helen E. [Cowen] P 
Whaling, Sarah L. P 

Willard, Sarah C. P 

Whaling, Susan M. Miss P 
Whaling, Wm. J. 

Wheeler, Allen A 
Wheeler, Elizabeth Ann 
Wheeler, George Lewis P 

Wheeler, Helen C. Mrs. 
Wheeler, Henry A. 

Wheeler, L. A. 

Wheeler, Roxanna P 

Wheeler, Russell 
Whipple, Maria Miss 
White, Eliza Agnes P 

White, Richard Henry P 


Whittemore, Abram 
Whittemore, Mary H. Mrs. 
Whittemore, Paul C. 
Whitney, Eieanor T. Mrs. 
Whitney, Jonas 
Whitney, Louisa Mrs. 


Wieland, Elizabeth P 

Wieland, Henry P 

Wieland, William P 

Wight, Herbert P 

Williams, Alfred K. P 

Williams, Ann 
Wimble, Thomas P 

Wood, Elizabeth P 

Wood, Joseph H. 


Wood, Laurilla Mrs 
Woodward, Amanda Mrs. 
Woodward, Benjamin 
Wormslcy, Mary Ann Mrs. 


W right, George P 

Wright, Huldah Mrs. P 

Wright, Lucinda P A 

Wright, Samuel P E 


A 1 663 

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456 

568 

508 

179 

295 

279 

280 

636 

A 393 

348 

377 

378 

* 380 

637 

A 347 

A 372 

A 109 

* 216 

532 

A 407 

531 

373 

108 

665 

530 

524 

418 

D 448 

D 447 

D 370 

D 200 

D 201 

D 343 

D 339 

342 

656 

408 

312 

D 159 

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D 452 

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D 77 

D 76 

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RECAPITULATION. 


Received on Profession, 336 

Received by Certificate, 347 

683 


Dismissed, 

Died, 

Excluded, 

Present Number, 


219 

49 

22 


290 

393 


Absent more than two years, 92 

Twice Numbered, 8* 

_ 100 

Now in Communion, 293 


*Persons once Dismissed, afterwards Received again. 


ERRATA. 


Page 30, 22d line, omit the word “ as ” after the word “conducted.” 
Page 49, for “Article II, ,? near the foot of the page, read “Article 
III,” and alter the subsequent headings to correspond. 




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